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SALUT ! 

ids think of juice as some- 
I thing to drink, white elec- 
|H Rfl I trortics buffs use the ward 
I i« I ss a slang term Tor bIbd- 
* I tncity, Trtsnks to the 
IHIM^M Computer Learning Founda- 
tion's latest fund-raising program 
far schools, both definitions apply. 
The nonprofit: educational foundation 
has formed a partnership with Tetra 
Pak Inc., a leading manufacturer of 
aseptic packaging for beveraga prod- 
ucts. The result is the Computer 
Learning Dollars program. 

Sally Bowman Alden, executive 
director of the Computer Learning 
Foundation, explains that when 
students save Tetra Brik symbols 
from juice products made by Hl-C. 
Cadbury, Hershey, Johanna. 
McCains. Minute Maid. Nestle 
Ocean Spray. Yoohoo. and 50 other 
eligible brands, schools earn credits 
toward technology products included 
in a Computer Learning Foundation- 
approved catalogue. The catalogue is 
expected to be available next month. 
Among the premiums schools can 
acquire through the program ere 
computer peripherals, video-based 
media, and software products, 
including special schonl editions, 
lab packs, and network versions. 

"With shrinking education budgets 
throughout the country, we're very 
excited to have Tetra Pak join our 
efforts to help schools acquire the 
technology products they need." 
says Bowman Alden. The program is 
being piloted in Massachusetts, 
New Jersey, and North Carolina for 
the 1993-94 school year. Principals 
In public and private schools In those 
states will receive participation kits 
next month. For mora information 
about Computer Learning Dollars or 
to request a free copy of the founda- 
tion's annual publication, Computer 
Learning, which describes the 
group's other programs, contact 
the Computer Learning Foundation 
at Dept. E93-T1, P.O. Box BDD07, 
PalD Alto, CA 94303-D007. [4151 
3S7-3347, fax C41 5} 327-3349, 



Good Things in Small Packages 



You can take ergonomics one step 
further now with the Laser PC4. No, 
it's not a wrist rest or one of those chairs 
that makes you look as though you're in 
traction. The PC4 is a lightweight, disk- 
Less notebook computer you can carry 
easily to school, camp, and maybe even 
to the beach (if you're a hopeless worka- 
holic). With the PC4's built-in word 
processor-plus-spell checker, database, 
and spreadsheet, you can prepare many of 
the same types of documents you already 
create with AppleWorks 3.0. 

In. fact, yau can connect, the PC4 to any 
Apple II or compatible computer and 
transfer files to and from AppleWorks 
3.0 with the new patch program Bridge- 
It. After you install it (a simple, one-time 
procedure), you can transfer files 
between the PC4 and an Apple II by 
invoking an option in AppleWorks' Other 
Activities menu. According to Andrew 
Kramer, president of Perfect Solutions 
Software and the exclusive distributor of 
the Laser PC4, "the market for these 
devices is huge," with countless school 
systems already placing PC4s in their 
media centers. 



The PC4 sports a full-sued keyboard 
and a four-line, 40-character LCD 
{liquid-crystal display) screen. The computer 
comes with 32K. of RAM {random-accm 
memory) — enough to hold 15 typed 
pages. Longwinded writers can expand 
the notebook's capacity to 128K. 
Although it's not a PCMCIA {Personal 
Computer M&mory Card International 
Association) slot, the PC4's, one expansion 
port can accommodate an add-on the- 
saurus module. 

Two features help make the PC4 a 
great equalizer. First, it can transfer files 
between IBM -compatible and Macintosh 
computers as well as Apple lis. Second, 
the Laser PC4 is surprisingly affordable. 
The PC4's IBM version costs $199; the 
Mac version, which supports printing on 
the ImageWriter II, is $219. Bridge-It 
software for AppleWorks 3.0 is $35. The 
same computer works with all three plat- 
forms; only the cabling differs from 
system to system. For more information, 
contact Perfect Solutions Software, 
1265V Coral Bree7e Drive. West Palm 
Beach, FL 33414, (800) 726-7086, (407) 
790-1070, fax (407) 790-0108. 




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BUMPER CROP 

The Apple II world never 
stands still. This month's 
product harvest Includes a 
new version of Help Our 
Earth! designed for students 
in kindergarten through grade 
3. Last year on Earth Day 
Monarch Software released | 
version of the prog rem for 
4th through Gth graders. 
Both versions let teachers 




Integrate ecology, process 
writing, literature, and video 
into a language-arts or 
science curriculum- Both 
products work with the 
AppleWorks word processor 
Students can work Individually 
or collaboratively, publishing 
poems, stories, plays, 
journals, letters, and essays 
about ecology. 

Monarch's new release 
includes ten ecology baaed 
files, a colorful ooqk. and a 
video you can use as spring- 
boards for expressive writing, 
plus a reproducible Ins tructor's 
Guide featuring an extensive 
bibliography Help Our Earth 1 is 
priced at $149 for a six-pack 
license, S249 far a site/net- 
work license District licenses 
are also available For a free 
45-day trial, contact Monarch 
Software. P 0, Box 147. 112 
Husum Street. Husurn. WA 
9B623. fBOO) 647-7997. 



(5033 493- 1 395. For more 
information, circle number 35D 
on the Reader Service CBrp" 



HVPERPLANET 

Mother Earth seems to 
be papular with 
□ptilearn Inc.. as well Our 
environment, an Interactive 
videodisc program for 
HyperStudio and the Apple 
IIGB. features five modules: 
Chief Seattle's 
Warning . 
Motion 
Sequences . 
Visual Glossary 
and Panorama 
(With 1 1 ,000 
still images), 
Geography 
Access, and 
Presentation 
Maker . The pro- 
gram addresses 
global issues such as popula- 
tion growth, food security, 
species extinction, renewable 
energy resources, changing 
climate, urban challenges, 
and industrial development. 

Tha Dur Environment 
videodisc is $395; accompa- 
nying HyperStudio Stacks are 
$95. You can purchase sepa- 
rate teacher and student 
manuals far $30 and $15, 
respectively. The complete 
package is priceo at $495. 
Far mare information, contaat 
Dptllearn at 15 Park Ridge 
Drive. Suite 200 Stevens 
Point. Wl 54481. r,715J 344- 
6060 or circle number 35 1 
on the Reader Service card. 

♦ 

FAMILY TIES 

W'hat some people refer 
to as "roots" Robert 
M. Merrill calls "genealogical 
recreation . " Merrill recently 



released version 4,0 of his 
inexpensive Apple II genealo- 
gist's program Family Tree 
Merrill says the program is in 
use In all 50 states and many 
foreign countries, as well The 
latest version incorporates 
four- and five-generation 'ay- 
out capability, automatic 
chart numbering, and optional 
inclusion of birth, marriage, 
and death information with 
each name in descendant 
cherts. Family Tree 4,0 now 
includes complete implemen- 
tation of GEDCqM - a format 
that lets you share genealogy 
files with PC and Mac programs 
supporting that standard. 

Family Tree is priced at 
$49.95 (pjus $2.50 shipping!. 
Registered users may 
upgrade to version 4 far 
$1 plus $250 shipping If 
you'c like to shake a few nuts 
out of your family tree, 
contact Robert M, MerriJI. 
61 80 Via Real A25. Carpin- 
teria. OA 93013-2363, (805) 
EB4-335B. or R.MERRILL2 
on GEnie. Far more informa- 
tion, circle number 352 on 
the Reader Service card 



DELTA DRAWING UPDATE 




Power Industries LP has 
released version 4.3 of 
the company's popular Apple 
II graphics learning program 
Delta Drawing Today 
According to company presi- 
dent Jeffrey FJorenstein, 



simple menus make the soft- 
ware easier to use and let 
students load and save draw- 
ings easily. Other enhance- 
ments Includa improved 15- 
color printing and an expanded 
picture gallery created by the 
noted children's artist Ed 
Emberley. Instructions are 
provided for exporting draw- 
ings to Other programs such 
as TimeOut SuperFonts 
Publish |t! 4, and Print Shop 
Companion IIgs. The single- 
user verslan of Delta Drawing 
Today 4.3 is $69.95 A ten- 
disk lab pack costs $210. 
Network versions for 25 and 
50 users are $3S5 and 
$595, respectively. 

Reg is cere d users may 
upgrade to the latest version 
for a special price of $19 now 
through July 31 , 1993. 
Users who purchased the 
product after December 1 . 
1 992, can receive the 
upgrade free by calling the 
company at (BOO) 3S5-500S. 

For additional Information, 
contact Power Industries LP. 
37 Walnut Street. WelleBley 
Hills. MA 02181. f.617) 235- 
7733. fax (61 7) 235-0084. 
or circle number 353 on the 
Reader Service card. 



PERFECT TEN 

Enhancing ynur Apple II 
computer curriculum for 
the 1993-94 school year will 
be a lot easier thanks to 
MECC's latest crop of Apple 
II products Amazing 
Arithmetricks (grades 5 
through 121 provides math 
instruction against a carnival 
baokdrop. Arizona Mix 
[grades 5 tnrough 91 gives 
social-studies students 
the opportunity to exercise 
problem-solving skills and 



12 ■ mClder/A- • July 1933 



develop en appreciation for 
cultural diversity es chey 
participate in a geology simu- 
lation. CryptoOuest (grade a 
3 through 93 challenges 
students to become code 
busters as they learn to enci- 
pher and decipher messages. 

In Dog Sled Ambassadors 
(grades 5 to adult), students 




sec out from Benngia 
International Perk to visit 
Alaskan villages, where they 
accept cultural artifacts from 
the elders. On the trail 
students must cope with bad 
weather, accidents, injury, 
and illness. Dueling Digits 
[grades 3 through 6) helps 
students understand place 
value and number concepts, 
while Eerieville Library [grades 
4 and 5) invites students tc- 
explore a haunted library 
(watch Dut for polter- 
geists) in search of 
stories, fables, jck.es, 
weather bulletins, and 
□ther documents. 

Kids should get a 
real charge out of 
Elect M lying 
Adventures (grades 3 
through 6 and junior 
high) as they string 
lights to illuminate their 
way through a cavernous 
maze or use electrical devices 
to overcome barriers. Playing 
the game, students learn 
about series and parallel 
circuits. voltBge. and switches. 
Meanvuhile. On Stage (grades 
K through EJ helps young story- 
tellers bring their ideas to life 



as they create animated 
stories by selecting the who, 
what, where, and when of 
each play, 

In Pizza to Go (grades 3 
through S; students use 
simple and compound 
machines, including levers, 
pulleys, and gear wheels, to 
thwart the Pizza Pests, a 
Qang of thieves. Kids conduct 
a neighborhood garage sale in 
Treasures for Sale (grades 3 
through 6). where they 
perform market research 
end explore the use of adver- 
tising as a form of persuasive 
writing. 

Each of these new MECC 
products is priced at 859. 
Site licenses and a special 
school membership program 
are available. For more infor- 
mation or to request a free 
catalog, contact MECC at 
E1B0 Summit Drive North, 
Minneapolis, MN 55430- 
4003. (BOS) 585 -MECC. 
IB 12] 563-1500, or circle 
number 354 on the Reader 
Service card. 




WORD'S WORTH 

A unique word-processing 
program designed to 
recognise Specific language 
problems is now being offered 
by Hartley Courseware. 
According to Hartley spokes- 
woman Telaina M Eriksen, 



Write This Way 

($99,353 includes a 
word processor, spelling 
and capitalization checker, 
built-in dictionory, grammar 
checker [with teacher- 
controlled grammar options), 
and a user dictionary. 
Designed for students in 
grades 4 through 12. tfiB 
program is especially helpful 
for learning-disabled end 
hearing-impaired students 
and others trying to over- 
come barriers such as 
dyslexia and dysgraphia. 
Teachers can configure the 
program to reflect each 
student's needs. 

An instructor's manual 
includes suggested activities 
and a wealth of reproducible 
lesson sheets. To learn more 
about Write This Way, 
contact Hartley Courseware, 
133 Bridge Street, Dimon- 
dala, Ml 4B821 . tBDD) 247- 
13B0. fax (517) B4B-B451, 
□r circle number 355 an the 
HeBder Service card. 



REACHING OUT 

Seven Hills Software 
has released 
Spectrum, a graphics- 
based telecommunica- 
tions program for the 
Apple HGS. The program 
supports baud rates 
from 5D to 3B.4DD and 
many file-transfer 
protocols, including 
Zmodem and Compu- 
Serve B-i- A powerful yet 
easy-to-use scripting 
language lets you tailor 
Spectrum for individual needs. 
You can use the program tc 
emulate a bulletin board or 
set up the program to sand 
and receive electronic mail 
automatically. A text editor 




supporting ASCII ( American 
Standard Code for 
information Interchange ! . 
Teach, and AppleWorks 3.D 
file formats is built in. 

Spectrum requires System 
6.0. 1 megabyte of HAM. one 
3.5-inch disk drive (hard drive 
recommended), and a modem. 
The program is fully compati- 
ble with The Manager, the 
company's multitasking 
GS/OS extension. 

Spectrum carries a 
suggested retail price of 
$129.95. Owners of any 
commercial telecommunica- 
tions program can trade up 
to Spectrum far S50 plus 
$3.50 shipping, now through 
July 31, 1993. After July 31, 
:he upgrade price increases 
to $60 plus $3.50 shippino, 
Contact Seven Hills Software 
at £9041 575-05BB. (8041 
576-9415, fax (904) 575- 
2015, or on America Online. 
AppleLink, and GEnia at 
SEVENHILLS or at 
75300.1743 on CompuServe 
For more information, circle 
number 356 on the Reader 
Service card. 



STYLE AND SUBSTANCE 

Kitchen Sink Software is 
the exclusive publisher of 
OmniPrint. a powerful Apple- 
Works 3.D printer enhance- 
ment costing $49.95, with 
school site licenses priced at 
only $99.95 After installing 
□mniPrint. you can easily 
Incorporate its commands 
Into AppleWorks documents 



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What's new 



to print text;, including stylish 
fonts, mousatext, foreign- 
language characters, and 
mathematical symbols or to 
add graphics clip art to your 
work. OmniPnnt requires 
AppleWorks □.□ and supports 
ImageWnter printers [Image- 
Writer II reco mm ended). 

To learn more about spruc- 
ing up your work with Qmni- 
Print, contact Kitchen Sink 
Software, 903 Knebworth 
Court, Westerville, OH 
43081, [6141 831-2111, 
[BOO! 235-5502 larders), or 
csrcie number 357 an the 
Header Service card 



EASY AS A,B,C 

Peepers ABCs Is an 
animated program that 
introduces children to the 
alphabet and encourages 
them to read. Developed with 
BaudviHe s Take I Animation 
and Programmers Tool Kit. 
Peepers ABCa runs on any 
64K Apple II computer. [A 
special GS version is also in 
the warts.) The program Is 
recommended for students in 
preschool through grade 3 
and costs £29.95. 

For more information , contact 
Pictorial Ballads, 6071 Cortez 
Drive. Huntington Beach, CA 
92B47. [714) 801-0939. or 
circle number 353 on the 
Reader Service card. 



WE GOT HARDWARE 

Sequential Systems, a 
longtime Apple II 
supporter, racenEly 
announced a flurry of new 
hardware enhancements. 
QitalkLTO [$94.95) is a 
l_Dca]Talk option card that 
lets you integrate an Image- 
Writer II printer into an 
AppleTalk network. 



♦ APPLE II 



MegaBUFF (£179 95) is a 
high-performance, network- 
compatible, internal printer- 
buffer card for the Imaoe- 
Wnter II. With a 1 -megabyte 
capacity , It's Ideal for Apple 
lies users or anyone who 
needs to creotB end print 
lengthy documents 

Q-System GS is a fully 
automatic, intelligent printer- 
sharing system capable of 
interfacing up to eight 
computers tn a single printer 
or plotter. The unit features 
eight RS-423 serial ports 
with rnmi-DING connectors 
and one Centronics-type 
parallel port. 

Meanwhile. Sequential 
Systems' Q-talk:lws is a 
stand-alone printer 
buffer/server for AppleTelk 
networks that include several 
ImsgeWriter printers. With 
Q-calk:iws there's no need to 
install a LocalTalk option card 
in each ImageWrlter II on the 
network. 

To learn more about these 
latest Apple II enhancements 
[you can use them with Macs, 
as well), contact Sequential 
Systems, 12Q0 Diamond 
Circle, Lafayette. CD 80026, 
[BD03 759-4549 [sales), 
[8D0) 999-1717 [customer 
service], fax [3031 865-0933, 
□ r circle numher 35S on the 
Reader Service card. 



SCIENCE MATTERS 

Falcon Softwere recently 
released its 1993 
Chemistry Catalog featuring 
programs to supplement high 
3ChD6! and college instruc- 
tion. The company's 

Introduction to Canary I 
Chemistry and Introduction 
to Organic Chemistry run on 

4BK Apple II computers. For 
more information about the 




company's offerings, contact 
Falcon Software, Box 2DQ, 
Wentworth, NH 03282. 
(6033 7B4-57B8. or circle 
number aBO on the Header 
Service card. 

□ 

PICTURE THIS 

Saddleback Graphics 
recently released a new 
Apple Hgs version of Mv Paint 
[S4E.83). Among ether new 
features, version 2.0 includes 
. digitized sounds and an 
Al phabet Fun! coloring book on 
disk. Other disk-based color- 
ing books are available at 
319.95 each, including Msjelix 
Characters [with phonics- 
based reading -system charac- 
ters). Numbers, Shapes and 
Fun [far early learning) Mother 




Goose Favorites [with popular 
storybook characters). Tha 
Star Kids [fur positive rein- 
forcement). Dinosaurs of the 

World (with giant "thunder 
lizards"], and Panther Dre«m. 

based oh the environmental 
book of the same title by 
Grateful Dead guitarist Bon 
WBir and Wendy Weir To learn 
more, contact Saddleback 
Graphics, 1 2812 Garden Grave 
Boulevard, Unit P. Garden 
Grove, CA 92643, 1714] 741- 
7093. fax (714) 741-7095. or 
circle number 361 on the 
Reader Service card. 



HIGH RESOLUTION 

Harmonic 2 .1. Vitesse's 
updated collection of 
printer drivers far the Apple 
lies, is available now. The 
uackage Includes drivers for 
Epson LQ [and compatible 
24-pmJ printers, an improved 
driver for the ImsgeWrrter II, 
and drivers for the NEC 
PinWnter. most laser print- 
ers, and several Hewlett- 
Packard [HP] pnnters. The 
latest version features newly 
added drivers for Hewlett • 
Packard DeskJet and 
DeskWritar models 5Q0C and 
55DC. HarmdniB's suggested 
retail price is $59.35. 
Registered users who 
purchased Harmonie after 
March 1. 1993, will receive a 
free upgrade 
automatically. 
Other regis- 
tered users of 
Harmonie 2.0 
or higher may 
upgrade to 
version 2. 1 for 
$14 95 plus 
53,50 shipping 
(S7.50 ship- 
k^fin ping outside 
■M. iv.-J the U S. and 

Canada). 
The company also announced 
a separate package with printer 
drivers for HP printers only. 
Vitesse's HP Pnrrter-Driwar 
Pack costs S29 95. Perfect- 
Image, the company's 
ImageWriter II driver only, is 
aiso available for S29 95. 

Vitesse has also released 
the first major revision to 
Salvatian-Bakkua, a hard disk 
drive backup utility for the 
Apple llGE. Version E.O's 
features include optional 
compression algorithms that 
significantly reduce the 
number of disks required by 



14 • inCidBrA+ • July 1993 



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up to BO percent support tar 
low- and high-density 3.5-inch 
drives, compatibility with 
SCSI tape-backup drives, 
recognition and backup Of 
HPS EMac) dis|CB, arid 
Improved macro support 

The suggested retail price 
for Sah/ation-Bakkup 2.D Is 
£69.95. Registered users 
can acquire the upgrade for 
$39.95 plus shipping from 
Quality Computers or directly 
from Vitesse If you purchased 
the product on or aftar March 
1, 1993. you'll receive a free 
upgrade automatically when 
you register. For more infor- 
mation, contact tha company 
at 13909 Amar Road. Suite 
2A. P.O. Box 929, La Puente, 
CA B1 747-0929, CBODJ 777- 
7344. 18 1B)fl 13-1270", fax 
C81S) B13-1273, or circle 362 
on the Reader Service card. 



MATCH GAME 

Wings for Learning's 
latest release. 
< m COMMOr\t> Words S 
Things, challenges students 
in grades B and above to 
fiflure cut which objects go 
together based on common 
traits. For instance, you d 
match Afiallo. with <Zeus. 
Poseidon i hes:.'ii • and 
not yvith <CoBtn flica. 
Guatemala. Nlcaragua> . 
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Central American countries, 
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Apple Clinic 



Mousing Around 

Alternative-input devices and software 
can speed up cumbersome operations 
and boost your productivity. 



By CYNTHIA E. FIELD, Ph.D. 
EASTWARD HO 

1 HAVE TWO QUESTIONS ABOUT 
AppleWorks 3.0. Is there a screen saver 
available for it? Also, is there an 
enhan cement that will ler me use the 
mouse with AppleWorks 3,0? Where are 
those Beagle Bios when you need them? 

Dolores Greenbarg 
La Habra Heights, CA 

While Beagle Bros may have disappeared, 
Dolores, their programs live on in Michigan, 
home of Duality Computers, the authorized 
distributor for Beagle Bros products Time- 
out UltraMacroB will, among countless 
other things, let you use the mouse with 
AppleWorks 3 0. And TtmeOut DeskTaols 
II features several AppleWorks enhance- 
ments, including the screen saver you're 
looking for. Bath are independent products: 
you don't need one to use the other. 



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RIGHT ON TRACK 

I'M A QUADRIPLEGIC WITH LIMITED 
use of my arms. Using a mouse appli- 
cation on my GS is almost impossible. 
Are there any peripherals that can help 
me use my computer more effectively? 
I currently use a mmithstick and can also 
use a joystick. 

Gary Tanner 
Edmonton, Alberta 
Canada 

Believe it or not, Gary, the peripheral you 
may need is already at hand, Included with 
Apple IIGS System 6 is a special suite of 
enhancements far disabled users called 
Special Aids: Easy Access The collection 
includes Sticky Keys and Mouse Keys. 

Sticky Keys makes it easy to work with 
commands involving any of the four modifier 
keys: Shift, Open Apple, Option, or Control. 
For instance, let's say you want to print a 
document: Sticky Keys lets you press the 
open-apple key and then E instead of press- 
ing those two keys at the same time. 

Needless to say. Sticky Keys is a neat 
tool for people who use special input 
accessaries such as a mouthstick, as well 
as for others who have difficulty typing 
with both hands simultaneously. Very young 
computer users can probably benefit from 
Sticky Keys and Mouse Keys, as well. 

While Sticky Keys lets you enter key- 
board commands mare easily. Mouse Keys 
turns the GS' numeric keypad Into b 
stationary mouse As you can see from the 




Figure. Mouse Keys lets you use the key- 
pad to move the cursor and select items. 



accompanying Figure, you use shs numeric 
keypad's number keys to move the mouse 
cursor in various directions, 

You make small moves by pressing a key 
several times: you hold down □ key to move 
the mouse a greater distance. The 5 key 
works like the mouse hutton, After you 
move the cursor to a disk icon, for example, 
yau press 5 to select Che disk. 

If you'd like to drag the disk, press the □ 
[zero] key; it locks the mouse hutton 
in place so that you can drag objects. 
The decimal-point key unlocks the mouse 
button, 

Installing and activating Sticky Keys and 
Mouse Keys are easy. First, boot your GS 
with your System B startup disk, [if you 
don't have System 6. you can purchase it 
for £30 from the National AppleWorks 
Users Group. The Apple Catalog, and many 
other sources.] 

After the system loads and you see the 
Finder Desktop, insert the System B 
Install disk into a drive. Double-click on the 
Install disk icon to open it. Then double- 
click on the Installer program icon to start 
up Apple IIGS Installer 2.0 



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When the Installer program loads, click on 
the Customize button. You'll be installing 
Easy Access features on your startup disk, 
so make sure your startup disk's name is 
displayed In the upper left-hand corner of 
the Customize screen. If the wrong disk 
name appears, click on the Disk button 
until you see your startup disk's name. 

Scroll through the BystBm 6 enhance- 
ments directory until you find Special 
Aids: Easy AGOaes. Select it and click on 
ths Install button. The GS will scan your 
drives end ask you tD Insert SyBtemToolsg . 
one of the haff-dozen disks that make up 
the System 6 collection. 

Click on the QK button when the success- 
ful i nstallatio n dialog box appears. Then click 
on the Qu it button to leave the Installer 
program. 

A warning box will appear to tell you that 
you muse reboot your computer for the 
Easy Access tools to take effect. Just click 
on the Restart SystBm button. 

Because the Installer program places 
Special Aids: Easy Access into the System / 
Svstem.Startup folder on your startup disk, 
both Sticky Keys and Mouse Keys are avail- 
able eaoh time you start up your GS. You 
simply hevB to "activate" these features 
to use them. 

To activate Sticky Keys, press the shift 
key five times. An icon resembling a pressed 
key Hppears at the far right-hand side of 
the menu bar to tell you that Sticky Keys 
is working. 

When you press e modifier key, ths icon 
changes appearance to show you that the 
system has received the input; a down 
arrow appears on top of the Icon. You can 
lock a modifier key for repeated use by 
pressing it twice. You deactivate Sticky 
Keys the samB way you activate it: Press 
the shift kay five times. 

You turn Mouse Keys on or off hy pressing 
□pen spple-Shift-Clear or by using Sticky 
Keys to press che open-apple key, then the 
shift key, then the clear key. As discussed 
above, Mouse Keys, when active, transforms 
the keypad numbers into mouse moves. 

In a column published last yeer we 
reported that another System 6 enhance- 
ment — ClassVlew, for visually impaired 
users — Is incompatible with AppleWorks 
GS 1.1 ['Nearness of You," Apple Clinic, 
December 1992, p. 16). CloseView, which 
magnifies the GS screen, worked with 



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with eosy-to-understend answers to 
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"Hnw do I Install a modem?' 1 and "How 
do I install communications software'^'' 

Endorsed by. che National Apple- 
Works Users Group CNAUG), this 
introductory primer is an excellent 
startinfl point for Apple II users 
considering buying a modem. It csn 
also serve as an excellent text for a 
unit on telecommunications in a hi'gh- 
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Far more information, contact Multi- 
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■ If you've been thinking about 
connecting your GS to a Hewlett- 
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Vitesse [P.O. Box 929, La Puente, CA 
91747-0929, 800-777-73443 has 
begun shipping Harmonic 2.1 [$59 95, 
upgrade SI 4.95), an updated interface 
package that includes the all-new 
GS/OS color printer drivers for the 
HP DeskJet and DeskWriter rnodels 
SOOC and 55DC. With Harmonic 
installed, you'll be able to print beau- 
tiful color documents from all standard 
GS programs. 

If you don't already own Hsrmonie. 
you can also gat those same drivers 
In VitEsse's lower-cost HP Printer 
Pock ($29.95), which covers Hewlett- 
Packard LaserJet II, LaserJet lip. 
LaserJet III, DeskJet. DeskJet 5DQ, 
□eskvVriter, DeskWriterC, PaintJet, 
and PaintWritsr printers. Locking good 
in print has never been so easy. 

• Apple He and lie modem enthusiasts 
now have a familiar-looking, easy-ta-ruri 
utility that can expand IBM files 
compressed with the MS-DOS utility 
ZIP. Useful mainly for text files, Rubs 
Woodruffc's 310 shareware program 
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the lie version of Shrinklt, 

You can download Un2ip He from 
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popular Apple li-based BBS. awarded 
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operate ProLine as an independent 
on-line system, you can network it with 
other ProLine sites, or you can link it 
to the Internet, giving local callers the 
ebility to send and receive worldwide 
electronic-mail messages 

ProLine 2.0 requires an enhanced lie 
or Apple 11(35, a modem, and a hard-disk 
drive, it's available from the Morgan 
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[California residents add sates tax.) 

• Programmers interested in setting 
up thair own BBSes should not? that 
T. □. Wilson has authorized the free 
distribution of his powerful and flexible 
Apple Il-based telecommunications 
language METAL. Previously available 
for $55. METAL is now bundled with 
Joshua Thompson s freeware Future- 
Vision, a state-of-che-drc BBS package. 

Where do you get it' Call the Virtual 
Space Industries BBS at [313) 842- 
673B (V;32 BIB] and download che 
program and associated file archives. 
You'll get your own personal serial 
number. You can also ceil one of the 
other MFTAL support; systems and 
download a copy, but at press time we 
couldn't determine whether personal- 
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Incorporated W.32 BIS/HST 1 4.400) 
at (216) 328-0374 or The Atomic 
Playground [16 BK dual standard) at 
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You nan also download METAL and 
Futu revision from GEnls's A£ area. 
In addition. Joshua Thompson will be 
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other GS programs we tried, however. We 
tested both Sticky Keys and Mouse Keys 
with AppleWorks GS, and they seem 
to work Fine. We opened a new word- 
processing document, entered some text, 
selected it, made it boldface, saved it, and 
printed it with no untoward effects. 

Using Special Aids is probably your least- 
expensive alternetiva, Gary. But you 
mention that you can use a joystick, 
Depending on haw much motor control you 
have in your hand, you might consider using 
s trackball floss than $100 in most 
instances] instead of either a mouse or 
Mouse Keys. 

Any adb [Apple Desktop. BusJ trackball 
should work on your GS. A trackball origi- 
nally purchased for my Mac LC sometimes 
does double duty on my GS. Plug the track- 
ball into the port on the side of the key- 
board you'd ordinarily use for the mouse. 
(Just be sure your system is turned off 
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hard slots 

THANKS FOR THE DETAILED 
description of networking an Apple 
HGS, ImageWriter II, laser printer, 
and Macintosh ("Network News," Apple 
Clinic, March 1993, p. 16). 

I have one additional question: Can you 
set up a network as described and still use 
a hard-disk drive on the Apple IlGS? My 
hard-disk controller is in slot 7, and I use 
a ROM 01 GS. 

Wayne Whitlow 
Cupertino, CA 

Yes, you can still use your herd drive. As 
you discovered. Wayne, you must set slot 7 



in the Control Penel of ROM 01 GSes to 
either A ppleTatu or Your Card , You can't 
have it both ways. With your SCSI card in 
slot 7, you have a conflict if you also want to 
connect to an AppleTalk network. (Note thet 
ROM 03 GS owners don't have this diffi- 
culty.) The problBm's easily salved — install 
the hard-disk's SCSI card in another slot. 

You may want to experiment, and you 
should check the manual that cams with 
your card to see what the manufacturer 
recommends. The final result will depend 
an the presence of other peripherals. At 
various dimes. I've used slot 2 and slot 1 for 
my hard-drive controller with no III effects. 
Slot £ works fine if you don't have a modem. 

Also note that even though you plug the 
AppleTalk connector into serial port % 
which is typically associated with slot 1 , 
the slot's settinc. in the Control Panel haB 
no direct effect on AppleTalk — you can go 
ahead and set slot 1 to Your Card and 
then install your hard drive there without 
any conflicts. 

Fallow the usual precautions regarding 
static electricity before moving your 
hard-drive controller card from slot 7 to 
another location. After the card's installed, 
access the Control Panel and set Startup 
Slot to conform to the hard-disk drive 
controller's new location. 

DRIVIN' 

1USE AN APPLE IlGS AND SYSTEM 6 
with a StyleWriter printer at work. When 
I inquired at my local Apple dealership 
about purchasing a SryleWriter to use at 
home, the support personnel told me 
thaL the currentiy available model — the 
StyleWriter II — comes with new drivers 
for the Mac and no software or documenta- 
tion for the GS. Will the new printer work 
with the current System 6 StyleWriter driver? 

Kan Miller 
Wellington, KS 

□□n't you just hate It when Apple Ignores 
the GS, Ken? According to a spokesman 
at Sun Remarketing, the GS System 6 
StylBWritBr driver should work with the 
new-model StyleWritBr II. But other 
sources we contacted were less reassur- 
ing. At press time, Vitesse's Jim Carson 
explained that Apple's latest StyleWriter II 
ink-jet printer is so "radically different" 
from its predecessor that even his 



company's about-to-be-released driver 
Cin Harmonic 2.1] doesn't work with it. 
Vitesse's driver is said to be significantly 
faster than the StyleWriter driver you're 
using now. CSee "High Resolution," What's 
New, p. 14 in this issue, for additional 
information on Vitesse's latest products.) 

You may be able to save money and 
aggravation by purchasing the same 
model printer you use at work. At press 
time Sun Remarketing had some BOO of 
the original StyleWriters in stock. Where 
etee can you get a printer that's capable of 
generating 360 dpi (djs&s qsl inch , a 
measure of resolution] fbr only £229 [pfus 
$19 far the cable]? 

As you may know from your experience at 
work, the GS' StyleWriter driver isn't 
perfect. For one thing, it doesn't commu- 
nicate properly with Seven Hills' Express 
print spooler. Ink-jet printing can be a slow 
process even with a print spooler — but 
at least a spooler frees up your computer 
so that yuu can work on other projects 
while the printer is doing its thing. 

Printing a single page at the Style- 
Writer's highest resolution with Apple's 
StyleWriter driver can take as long as 
two minutes, Vitesse's driver is not only 
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JUST YOUR TYPE 

1HAVE WESTCODE'S GS TRUETYPE 
interpreter Pointless and 14 font 
families. I'm trying to convert some of 
them for a friend to use on a Mac LC II. 

Jason A. Pur-tyke 
Chicago, IL 



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black 


^ 




2 


dark blue 


; S 


purple 


4 


dark green 


5 


dark gray 


B 


medium blue 


7 


light blue 




brown 




orange 


i □ 


light gray 


1 1 


pink 


12 


light green 


13 


yellow 


14 


aqua 


15 


white 



Table 1. Codes corresponding to Apple 
UCS border colors. 

Remember, fonts are software, too, 
Jason. You could inadvertently breach e 
company's copyright by giving TrueType 
fonts to your friend. Unless the fonts are in 



the public domain or are offered as share- 
ware, call the publisher to find out how you 
can acquire a license, for your friend. 

Performing the actual conversion Is a 
snap, says Marty Knight. AopJa Forum 
leader on America Online. (His screen 
address is AFLMarty .] Knight explains that 
Apple Hgs and Macintosh computers use 
the same TrueType fanes, but the Mac 
can't recognize your TrueType fonts until 
you fix each font's filetype and creator. 

Use a Macintosh utility such as Hex or 
FileTyper Lite, both of which ere available 
for downloading from America Online and 
probably from other Mao software libraries, 
as well. Hax is freeware, while FileType Lite 
requires a $1 Q shareware registration fee. 
Change the TrueType fonts' filetype to TTRO 
and the creator to DMOV . Knight cautions 
you to use all uppercase letters. 



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COLOR BIND 

I'D LIKE TO FOLLOW UP ON THE 
item "BASIC Needs" (Apple Clinic, 
April 1993, p. 18), in which inCuter/A + 
reader Jeremy LaCivita asked about 
Applesoft, commands he could use to 
change background, text, and border 
colors on his Apple IlGS. 

To change border color, the command 
is POKE 49204,X where X is one of the 
GS' primary color numbers through 15. 
To change background and text color, you 
liave two options: POKE49I86,(V+(Z*16)), 
where Y is the desired background color 
and Z indicates the text hue; or just POKE 
49186, W where W is a value that corre- 
sponds to a text-and-background color- 
combo value derived from a table you 
published in your January 1991 issue. 

Colin Williamson 
EiizabethtDvm, PA 

You're right, Colin. In "The Screening Room: 
BASIC Color Match" (Hints 6 Techniques. 
January 1391, p. SB), Chris Dugoan of Yukon, 
Oklahoma, described the use of the POKEs 
you mention. Tables 1 and B show the color 
codes Applesoft BASIC programmers like 
Jeremy and Chris employ. Q 



BACKGROUND 

black red d. blue purple d. green d. gray m. blue I. blue brown orange I. gray pink I. green yellow aqua white 



TEXT 


































black 





1 


2 


3 


4 


S 


6 


7 


3 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


red 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


25 


27 


28 


29 


30 


31 


d. blue 


32 


33 


34 


35 


36 


37 


38 


39 


40 


41 


42 


43 


44 


45 


46 


47 


purple 


48 


49 


50 


51 


52 


53 


54 


55 


56 


57 


58 


59 


60 


61 


62 


63 


d. grean 


64 


65 


66 


67 


68 


69 


70 


71 


72 


73 


74 


75 


76 


77 


78 


79 


d. gray 


80 


81 


82 


83 


84 


85 


86 


87 


88 


89 


90 


91 


92 


93 


94 


95 


tn. blue 


96 


97 


98 


99 


100 


101 


102 


103 


104 


105 


106 


107 


108 


109 


110 


111 


1. blue 


112 


113 


114 


115 


116 


117 


118 


119 


120 


121 


122 


123 


124 


125 


126 


127 


brown 


128 


129 


130 


131 


132 


133 


134 


135 


136 


137 


138 


139 


140 


141 


142 


143 


orange 


144 


145 


146 


147 


T48 


149 


150 


151 


152 


153 


154 


155 


156 


167 


158 


159 


t, S ray 


160 


161 


162 


163 


164 


165 


166 


167 


168 


169 


170 


171 


172 


173 


174 


175 


pink 


176 


177 


178 


179 


180 


181 


1B2 


183 


184 


185 


186 


187 


188 


189 


ISO 


191 


1, green 


192 


193 


194 


195 


196 


197 


198 


199 


200 


201 


202 


203 


204 


205 


206 


207 


yellow 


208 


209 


210 


211 


212 


213 


214 


215 


216 


217 


218 


219 


220 


221 


222 


223 


aqua 


224 


225 


226 


227 


228 


229 


230 


231 


232 


233 


234 


235 


236 


237 


238 


239 


white 


240 


241 


242 


243 


244 


245 


246 


247 


248 


249 


250 


251 


252 


253 


254 


255 



Table 2. GS text and background color combinations. Read across for background color and down for text color. 
Use the selected value as W in the POKE 49186. W command. 



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license. That means every classroom in 
your school can have its own copy of rhe 
software. Both 3.5- and 5.2 5 -inch disks 
are included. I tested these delightful 
programs on an Apple IIGS in my home 
office as well as on an elementary 
school's Apple lies and its Mac LC II in 
Apple lie emulation mode. 

Cinnamon Bear's Outer Space Adven- 
ture helps beginning readers practice 
long and short vowel sounds with word 



cons&nant-vawel-consonant-e). Cinnamon 
Bear's Undersea Adventure gives kids 
practice with vowel combinations: at, aw, 
ea, ee, igh, m, oo (as in fond), oo (as in book), 
aw (as in cow), aw (as in Haw), and on. 

Each Cinnamon Bear adventure 
begins with a two-page story appearing 
on screen in a large, readable font. It's a 
perfect way to introduce the software to 
the whole class. While you have the chil- 
dren's attention, you can use the Photo 
Album option to let the class preview the 



GO EXPLORING 

In Cinnamon Bear's 
Outer Space Adventure, 
the cuddly teddy sits at 
the controls of his space- 
ship as he gazes at the 
stars and planets. A picture from 
the Photo Album, framed by a border, 
appears, accompanied by vowels and 
their short and long symbols. Using the 
arrow keys, you move the highlighted 
cursor to the correct vowel/symbol associ- 
ated with the picture's name, and press 
the return key. If you're correct, the 
word appears in a box with the picture. 
Cinnamon Bear smiles and a tiny space- 
ship moves ahead on the galaxy game 
board. If you're wrong, C.B. looks puz- 
zled, the word appears, and a highlight 
box flashes on the correct vowel sound. 

After eight correct answers you get to 
play a game in which you maneuver a 
spaceship through a maze. Using the 
arrow keys, you must be careful not to 
touch either walls or whirling objects. 
You control your spaceship by pressing 
the spacebar to stop and restart. Before 
you begin each game you can slow the 
ship down by pressing the minus key or 
speed it up with the plus key. Apple IIGS 



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Little ones learn their vowels as they 
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users should set System Speed in the 
Control Panel to Normal. 

Cinnamon Bear's Undersea Adventure 
works in much the same way, IF you're a 
busy elementary-school teacher or 
parent, you'll be grateful For the contin- 
uity — students can play much more 
independently when soFtware is truly 
user friendly. 

Cinnamon Bear's little submarine is 
surrounded by colorful sea creatures. A 
picture from the Photo Album appears in 
the box; you must move the underline 
cursor to the correct vowel combination 
and press the return key. C.fl. flashes a 
smile and gives a thumbs-up For each 
correct answer. In addition, the word 
appears in a box above the picture as a 
miniature submarine advances through 
the undersea game board. 

If you're incorrect, Cinnamon Bear 
gives you a puzzled look, the correct 
word appears, the underlined bar flashes 
on the correct vowel combination, and 
the tiny sub stays put. Again, after eight 
correct answers, a game appears; this 
time you help Cinnamon Bear capture 
creatures for his aquarium. You have 12 
chances to cast your line (by pressing the 
spacebar) to fill an empty net. 

To win a Cinnamon Bear adventure 
game, you must move the tiny spaceship 
or sub all the way around the game 
board When you succeed, you're rewarded 
with an animated scene (and accompany- 
ing music) Featuring Cinnamon Bear and 
friends congratulating you, 

THUMBS-UP 

"Awesome!" was the cry of the second- 
graders who were my official classroom 
testers. Quickly mastering the appro- 
priate keys, they whizzed through Ginna- 
niQn Bear's Outer Space Adventure. 
(They had learned short and long vowels 




C.S. and friends dive into an ocean of 
vowel combos in Undersea Adventure, 



in first grade.) "Great program!" added 
their teachers, who immediately marked 
this software for use early in the school 
year. The children plotted maze routes 
and manipulated the ship carefully to 
the exit. Being video experts, though, 
the kids expected more "lives" with each 
game. They shut ofF the sound when 
they discovered that the game runs faster 
without it — they wanted to have as 
much time at the computer as possible. 

Cinnamon Bear's Undersea Adventure 
was an even bigger hit. "Excellent curric- 
ulum integration," remarked the adults, 
noting Lhat the program was teaching 
vowel-combination skills at the same 
time the children were testing the soft- 
ware. The underwater theme also Fit 
nicely into the students' current science 
unit on whale migration. The children 
Felt the undersea game was more chal- 
lenging, too — probably because they 
hadn't yet mastered all the vowel combi- 
nations it teaches. 

The Cinnamon Bear manuals cover 
the essentials; teachers will appreciate 
their brevity and concise wording. A 
printout of the pictures in the Photo 
Album would be a useful addition, howev- 
er. Using a Fingerprint GSi card, I made 
a screen shot of the graphics myself; the 
teachers preferred that students consult 
these printed pictures rather than just 
guess at the answers. 

While I was printing the graphics, I 
discovered that Cinnamon Bear's Outer 
Space Adventure lacks pictures repre- 
senting the long e sound. Dr. Kay 
McCormack, president of McCarthy- 
McCormack, explained that long e words 
fitting the consonant-vowel-consonant or 
censsmant-vQwei-consonant-e pattern can't 
be represented by pictures. Classroom 
teachers whom I questioned agreed and 
said that using long e as a distraction in 
the game actually helped students distin- 
guish between long e and short e sounds. 

It's rare when early-elementary soft- 
ware meshes so perfectly with skills 
taught in the classroom, a partnership 
that makes the computer a truly useful 
learning tool. Take it from me and my 
enthusiastic second-graders: You and 
your class will love Cinnamon Bear's 
adventures. He's simply irresistible. 

Mirigs Frazsl 
Bridgewatar, MA 



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steaks, supercolliders, even Font 
packages. Bullseye TrueType Font 
Collection from II Productive boasts 16 
3.5-inch disks containing some 300 
archived TrueType fonts. Three bonus 
disks in the Bullseye package offer a 
number of extra goodies, among them a 
one-month trial membership on America 
Online and the necessary telecommuni- 
cations software. 

If you work in a mixed environment 
populated by Macintosh and Apple IlGS 
computers, the ability to share docu- 
ments that use a common library of fonts 
is a powerful incentive For making the 
move to TrueType technology. But even 
the lone GS user with a trusty Image- 
Writer II or high-resolution ink-jet printer 
can benefit from the largess included in 
this impressive bundle. 

NEW KID ON THE BLOCK 

Until just a couple of years ago, most 
GS enthusiasts had to satisfy themselves 
with standard ASCII text characters or 
plain-vanilla fonts like Shaston and 
Geneva, supplied with the Apple IlGS 
operating system. These bit-mapped 
fonts are designed to be legible on the 
computer screen and on dot-matrix 
printers. Bit-mapped fonts aren't with- 
out problems, though. 



July 1993 * inCider/A-h • 21 



Ideally, every bit-mapped font siie 
should have its own~set of character 
images. For best results in creating, text 
in Geneva, say, you need separate files 
containing 9-, 10-, 12-, and 18-point 
Geneva characters. (A point equals one 
72nd of an inch.) At this pace, it doesn't 
take long for bit-mapped fonts to mono- 
polize space on a floppy or hard disk. 
The GS generates uncommon point sizes 
by resizing characters from the nearest 
bit-map size available, but the resulting 
text usually looks jagged and ugly — not 
the stuff of which easy-on-the-eyes term 
papers or top-flight resumes are made. 

By contrast, so-called PostScript printers 
such as the Apple LaserWriter use special 
fonts (written in Adobe Systems' page- 
description computer language Post- 
Script) stored permanently in the printer's 
memory or downloaded from the com- 
puter or a dedicated '. 
Because each PostScript character is 
defined by a mathematical formula 
describing the character's outline, these 
fonts are scalable: A single file contains 
information for every imaginable size, A 
PostScript printer can create characters 
of any size automatically by extrapolating 
from a single set of outline formulas. Even 
the smallest printed text looks terrific, but 
PostScript technology is expensive. 

Several years ago Apple developed a 
third font, technology — TrueType. These 
fonts are scalable, compact, and easy to 
install; they generate both screen, display 
and printer data from a single file. 
Perhaps more compelling for Apple IlGS 
users in school, at home, or in the small 
office, TrueType fonts work well with 
less-expensive printers. That's because 
the computer — rather than the printer 



image (converting equations defining 
each letterform into concrete data the 
computer or printer uses to draw the 
character). 

Apple built TrueType into the Mac- 
intosh and licensed the technology to 
Microsoft for use in Windows 3. 1, a move 
that expanded the potential market for 
TrueType fonts to millions of users of 
IBM PCs and compatibles. WestCode 
Software filled the void for GS owners by 



extension that brings TrueType font 
capability to the Apple IlGS. 



Pointless comes with a basic set of 
familiar fonts (Chicago, Courier, Courier 
Bold, Geneva, Monaco, New York, and 
Symbol), but you can install additional 
TrueType fonts, as well — a boon to GS 
users because amateur fontographers 
have designed coundess TrueType fonts 
and donated them to the public domain. 
So how do you obtain these "free" fonts? 

It would take hours of expensive 
connect time to download the hundreds 
of fonts available from on-line services 
and bulletin boards. Add to that the time 
it takes to catalog the collection. For 
those who would rather spend their 
hours creating publications instead of 
organizing files, II Productive has per- 
formed an important service. Bullseye 
TrueType Font Collection retails for 
$85, but mail-order distributors, include 
ing Resource Central, Roger Wagner 
r. and TMS Peripherals, offer 
the collection at "street" prices, bringing 
the cost down to nickels per font. 

The TrueType fonts in the Bullseye 
package have been compressed to maxi- 
mize available disk space; before you can 
use one, you must first decompress its 
"archive." For your convenience, the 
package includes the latest version of 
GS-Shxinklt. After you decompress a 
selected font, use the Pointless control 
panel to add the new typeface to your GS 
system. The fonts you install appear on 
the Font menu of GS applications such as 
AppleWorks GS. 

MORE FOR YOUR MONEY 

Keeping track of more than 300 fonts 
would be a challenge if it weren't for the 
HyperCard IlGS Reference stack provided 
in the II Productive package. (A run-time 

some free 

stacks are included, as well,) The cards 
(screens) in die Reference stack provide 



eye's fonts. You can browse through die 
cards manually, select information about 
a specific font from an on-line hide*, or 
activate a self-running demo that flips 
through the cards. You can use Teach, 
System 6's document-reading utility, to 
display and print a text file listing all 
fonts — from Adjutant to Zingnats, 

Many of the fonts in this collection 
sport only uppercase letters. Presumably 
you'd use these fonts for tides, headlines, 



and subheads, and not for body text. 
Most of the Bullseye fonts lack extended 
sets of foreign or accented characters, 
such as U, 4, f , d, and S. Several "dingbat" 
fonts (graphics symbols) are included, 
though, as well as Hebrew and Cyrillic 
fonts, a Braille font, and at least two 
fonts made up entirely of fractions — 
great for math teachers. Perhaps the 
most bizarre is Ykcowrebbaj (jabberwockf 
spelled backwards), in which all letters 
are mirror images of their former selves. 
Depending on number of characters 
and their graphics complexity, a True- 
Type font file varies in the amount, of 
disk space required for its storage. A font 
may also include multiple styles, such as 
boldface, italic, and condensed, which 
can double or even triple the magnetic 
real estate required. The Reference stack 
can help you choose the right font and 

RIGHT ON TARGET 

Take note of a few drawbacks here. 
Some fonts look good on screen, while 
others look good only when printed. 
Moreover, GS applications limit the max- 
imum type size you can incorporate into 
your documents. You should be able to 
create stylish and effective newsletter 
headlines, but if you need gargantuan 
letters, try a specialized program such 
a6 Br0derbund*s Bannermania or The 
Print Shop IlGS. 

Generally speaking, the more power- 
ful your system the happier you'll be 
with TrueType fonts. The ideal setup 
includes a roomy. hard drive, several 
megabytes of RAM, an accelerator card, 
the latest version of GS/OS, and a high- 
resolution printer such as Hewlett- 

But even if you use an ImageWriter II 
and one or two floppy disk drives, you 
can still manage. Pomdess alone requires 
only 32K of disk space, and by ruthlessly 
eliminating unnecessary files you can 
install it along with a few fonts on the 
working copy of your startup disk. 

Whatever your next desktop-publish- 
ing project, the sheer variety of True- 
Type fonts offered by II Productive can 
keep you and your work looking great 
to come. 

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Long Stwtch, CA 



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ULTRAKEY 2.0 

Bytes of Learning, Inc. 

808 Niagara Falls Blvd. #240 

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Oh, no, not keyboarding," groaned 
my 12 -year- old daughter when I 
asked her to help me evaluate UltraKey 
2.0. She'd had an unpleasant time in a 
mandatory keyboarding class at school 
last fall. She'd had precisely the same 
experience I'd had in school — sitting at 
attention, feet flat on the floor, body 
centered in front of the keyboard, wrists 
up and fingers curled, while the teacher 
droned, "A-a-a, s-s-s, d-d-d, f-f-f," patrol- 
ling the classroom to make sure nobody 
looked down at his or her fingers. 

There are better ways to learn how to 
type. As more and more computers have 
appeared in the workplace, "keyboard- 
ing," as my daughter calls it, has become 
a required skill for employed adults as 
well as students. Responding to a need 
for friendlier instruction, a number of 
computerized tutors have appeared over 
the years. The variety of available pro- 
grams ensures that there's one just right 
for every age and learning style. 

UltraKey 2,0 is the culmination of 
Bytes of Learning's nine years' experi- 
ence publishing keyboarding instruction 
software. It's a straightforward tutor with 
no loud sound effects to disrupt a class 
and no flashy graphics to divert atten- 
tion. Instead, keystrokes produce soft, 
typewriter-like clicks from the computer 
speaker. There's no need to look down 
at your fingers, because the screen dis- 
plays a keyboard and hands that prompt 
you for the correct stroke. It's effective 
and compelling. 

POWER UP 

The package includes a handy 1 4-page 
reproducible Student Guide, containing a 



table of contents, a keyboarding glossary, 
and clearly written steps for starting and 
using the program. All necessary operat- 
ing instructions, featuring text cues and 
animated graphics, appear on screen as 
you progress through each Lesson. 

The Teacher's Guide assumes little 
computer expertise on the part of the 
instructor. It features 1 1 program 
options, including turning audio feed- 
back on and off, saving the best or the 
last test result, requiring one or two 
spaces between sentences, and specifying 
speed and accuracy criteria required for 
passing each skill check. The guide also 
contains helpful dps you can share with 
students as they practice their lessons 
and attempt the proficiency tests. 

While UltraKey assumes little computer 
expertise, it does assume some degree of 
motivation on the part of student and 
teacher alike. Instructors who participate 
actively in their classrooms by directing 
and developing activities to reinforce 
students' keyboarding skills will probably 
benefit most from UltraKey. The Teacher's 
Guide includes suggestions for using the 
program in classrooms with limited 
access to computers, ideas for class activ- 
ities that employ keyboarding, and tips 
for extending the curriculum beyond 
simple keyboard geography. UltraKey's 
classroom pedigree shows in the guide. 

The program rewards progress with 
on-screen messages, gives immediate 
analysis and feedback after lessons and 
skill checks, and lets students and teachers 
view detailed progress reports on screen 
or paper, UltraKey maintains student 
records in a central disk directory or on 
each student's personal disk. If you 
choose to store data in one place, the 
3. 5 -inch program disk can hold more 
than 500 student records. 

UltraKey 2,0 is also appropriate for 
computer labs. It's available in Apple II, 
Mac, and MS-DOS versions so that you 
can provide uniform instruction, The 
manual offers troubleshooting tips and 
tech-support phone and fax numbers. 
You can also make an archive backup, 
guaranteeing quick recovery should you 
damage the program disk. 

NO-FRILLS EFFICIENCY 

like any instructional program, Ultra- 
Key is more appropriate for some 



students than, for others. Lacking any 
games disguising its exercises or any of 
the other "bells and whistles'" that have 
crept into educational software, UltraKey 
seems better suited to older students or 
to smaller classes where the teacher can 
provide close supervision. It's also 
appropriate for introducing adult 
students to the keyboard. 

Later this year Bytes of Learning 
promises to release a companion pro- 
gram, UltraKey Manager, that will let 
teachers modify skill checks and add 
their own practice material to the pro- 
gram's Challengers. These paragraph- 
centered typing tests are especially 
important in advanced or adult classes. 

UltraKey teaches only the standard 
QWERTY keyboard, so-named after the 
keycaps on the upper left row of letters. 
The typewriter was patented in 1867, 
and die QWERTY layout was developed 
intentionally to make typing difficult, so 
that the slow-moving mechanical works 
inside those first machines could keep 
up with the typist. 

Typewriter technology eventualLy 
improved, and in 1936 a second stan- 
dard keyboard layout was patented by 
August Dvorak, an efficiency expert. 
Although the Dvorak keyboard ne'Ver 
caught on, it's still around. Most Apple 
computers let you flip between Dvorak 
and QWERTY from the Control Panel 
(if you're using a GS) or a switch at the 
top left of the keyboard. 

But for the time being, if you want to 
learn the more-efficient Dvorak key- 
board, you'll need to look for some other 
typing program — although a program- 
mer at Bytes of Learning says that the 
company could easily produce a Dvorak 
tutor if demand for one materialized. 

UltraKey 2.0 is a solid, well -documented, 
basic tutor, developed and refined by 
teachers for classroom use. It lacks all 
those flashy special effects and games 
commonly found in today's educational 
programs; the absence of razzle-dazzle 
makes the teacher more responsible for 
ensuring his or her students' continued 
interest and motivation. If you want a 
straightforward, no-frills typing tutor, 
even my daughter concurs that UltraKey 
2.0 is the program for you. □ 

Jon McCreiaht 
Princeton, MN 



July 1 B93 • inCider/A-i- « S3 



The Apple II Report 



• MUST BUY! 

• FORGET IT 

• WORTH A SECOND LOOK 



• GRAMMAR MADNESS 
MECC 

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Minneapolis, MN 55430-4033 
18001 685-G322. 16121 5B9-1500 

• new grammar tutor 

• 128K Apple II 

• $59 

This grammar game (with age-appro- 
priate vocabulary, writing styles, and 
reading content) gives students prac- 
tice with parts of speech. Activities ask 
players to select an adjective, adverb, 
possessive noun, present-tense verb, 
and so on from an on-screen word list; 
if youngsters make a wrong choice, the 
program offers on-line help. The soft- 
ware then inserts the selected word 
into a prepared paragraph, often with 
humorous results. Management 
Options let teachers customize geme 
activities and track, performance. 
Although it encourages children to 
recognize parts of speech, the game 
becomes boring fast. Even with multiple 
difficulty levels, it's not entertaining 
enough to motivate play. 

• HIKING THROUGH HABITATS 

To l can/Queue 

338 Commerce Drive 

Fairfield, CT 06430 

(800) 232-2224. I203I 335-0906 

• new writing and creativity package 

• 128K Apple II 

• £49.95 

This desktop publisher invites young- 
sters to decorate scenic backgrounds 
with clip art, then use a simple text 
processor to write stories about their 
settings. Kids can also add text-filled 
speech bubbles to any scene for a 
comic-book effect. When the wort is 
done, they can print illustrated banner- 
sized books up to 90 feet long. Completed 
banners print in three sizes: miniature for 
small comic books, standard for regular 
banners, or large teach panel two 
pa-ges wide). The manual includes a 
number 1 of ideas for creative writing 
projects. Hiking Through Habitats not 
only lets children express their ideas in 
pictures and words, but teaches them 
about ecological diversity, as well 

• LIFE STORY: FROG 

Troll Associates 

100 Corporate Drive 

Mahwah, NJ 07430 

(800) 526-5269, (201) 529-4000 



• new science program 

• 48K Apple II 

• £39.95 

This interactive program features 
four game-style activities for grades 4 
through 6, designed to reinforce ideas 
and pictures presented in Frag , a book 
by Michael Chlnery. [A copy of Chinery's 
text is included in the package.] My Life 
Story Invites kids to identify true/falsa 
statements about the "bright-eyed 
common frog. " Each correct answer 
earns a special photo for the frog's 
family photo album. If players fill in all 
nine photos, they can play a challenging 
round of Frog Tac log. In Remember 
When , players help frogs remember 
Information about the four stages of 
their life cycle. Letter Gul p has frogs 
catching letters to form answers to 
frog-related questions. Pushy Word , 
the final activity, requires players to 
classify objects in appropriate cate- 
gories. Challengers must be familiar 
with a frog's enEmies, foods, habitats, 
and body parts to answer correctly. 
ThiE is a great program for stimulating 
interest in beginning biology. 

• LOVE IS 

MGCarthy-McCormack, Inc. 
2885 Downhill Drive 
Colorado Springs, CO 60916 
(600) 869-1446 

• new reading program 

• 128K Apple II 

• $59.95 

Featuring both Dn-line and off-line 
activities for beginning readers, the 
Love Is package also includes a 12-page 
poster-sized Big. Book that teachers 
read to their students, plus a smaller 
reproducible edition so that each 
student can have a copy to color. Three 
disk-based self -directed reading activi- 
ties tLove Is a Game , Prime Time, 
Rhvme . and Ma gic Toy Box ] reinforce 
the coloring book's vocabulary. Each 
activity includes a game children can 
play after completing their work. The 
package also contains a simple text 
editor for teacher-directed language 
activities, plus black-line masters, 
There's alsc a disk with motivational 
awards, bookmarks, and charts so that 
teachers can reward children far their 
reading efforts. This well-designed 
classroom kit combines entertaining 
games and reading material to create 
a rich learning environment. 

— Carol S. Hnlzberg, Ph.D., 
Contributing Editor 



• ANIMALS WITH AN ATTITUDE 

Toucan/Queue 

338 Commerce Drive 

Fairfield, CT 06430 

(800) 232-2224, (203) 335-0906 

• new creative-writing software 

• 128K Apple II 

- $49.95 

The cast of comical characters in 
this entry-level desktop-publishing 
package encourage even reluctant 
young authors to take Apple keyboard 
in hand end create comic books, story- 
books, posters, and other written art- 
works. Klda select colorful back- 
grounds, animal cartoon graphics, and 
clip-art props to design original r>r.n*y 
settings, then use the program's 
simple text processor to write stories. 
They can even enter text in special 
speech bubbles for a comic-book effect. 
If the computer is equipped with an 
Echo Dr Cricket speech synthesizer, it 
speaks any words a child has written. 
Completed stories print in a variety of 
sizes, from miniature to poster. The 
manual contains a number of suggest 
tions for creative- writing activities. 
Animals with an Attitude is a great 
writing tool for young children. 

• FISH SCHOOL 
MECC 

S160 Summit Drive North 
Minneapolis, MN 55430-4003 
(800) 685-6322, C612) 569-1500 

• new reading-comprehension software 

• 1EQK Apple II 

- $69 

Fish School sends young readers 
[.grades 2 and 3) on an arcade-style 
quest for paper notes in bottles scat- 
tered underwater. Kids must gather 
the bottles [while avoiding puffer fish 
and crabs), read the notes , answer 
questions, and return papers to their 
proper locations. Activities develop 
reading skills; questions ask players 
to identify topic, main idea, and 
supporting facts: determine cause; or 
sequence of events; and make infer- 
ences. Management options let 
teachers set the program's difficulty 
level and track student performance. 
These software activities are fun and 
motivate children to read. 



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THE LOST TRIBE 




The Lost Tribe 
brings prehistory 
to life and helps 
kids develop 
leadership and 
dectsion-making 
skills. 



THELOST TRIBE 




Lawrence Productions 
1800 South 35th Street 
Galssburg, Ml 49053 
(8001 421-4157 

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19840 Pioneer Avenue 
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(800) 545-7677 sales 
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customer support 
(310) 793-0601 fax 

• social-studies game 

• ages 8 to adult 
■ color Mac 

• System 6. 05 or later 

• a-bst color video [256 colors) 

• 1 MB free RAM 

• $49.35 



F ans of The Flinlstones and Clan of the 
Cave Bear will gel a kick out of this 
one — The Lost Tribe, a simulation 
sec in prehistoric times, combining dry 
humor and some solid anthropological 
information with digitized photos and 
realistic motion-video dips. 

Along the way, kids will learn to test 
their strategic-thinkinfr and map-reading 
skills while developing a feel for effective 
leadership. 

YABBA-DABfSA 

The basic premise is that a volcanic 
eruption destroys your village, and the 
re main ing dan members elect you as their 
new leader. You'll use the tribe's sacred 
mapskin to lead the villagers to their 
ancestral lands. 

As you and die gang head for the 
volcano you'll call home, you must 
decide what actions the tribe should take 
when faced with basic survival needs, 
natural disasters, and the disgruntled 
types among you. 

Beware those restless cavemen: Don't 
pull too many boners, because after you've 
made a few wrong decisions, the tribe 
may banish you. 

GETTING THE HANG OF IT 

Make no mistake — The Lost Tribe's 
not for every student Any program has a 
learning curve you must negotiate before 



you're comfortable using the software, 
but this one's steep enough to discour- 
age some kids from going on. 

As in real life, your ability to make 
proper decisions in a simulation often 
depends on your store of knowledge. With 
The Lost Tribe, kids can find the infor- 
mation they need in the program's 
on-line encyclopedia. Learning to draw 
conclusions from facts is an invaluable 
skill, but (he game doesn't always make it 
easy to obtain those facts. 

For instance, my lest gToup of kids 
decided to hunt in the forest and were 
hying to figure out what kind of animal to 
track. They decided to consult the ency- 
clopedia, but it isn't available at certain 
key points in die program; they had to 
backtrack to a point at which they could 
search for information on woodland 
animals. This raised frustration levels, 
making it more difficult for the players 
to wade through the entry on forests 
until they found the data they were look- 
ing for. 

Note also that the game's graphics 
images, while emenaining, are static, not 
interactive. For example, when the tribe 
is hunting, you see an amusing picture 
on screen, but can't affect the scene 
directly; you click on buttons to make 
decisions. The same holds true when 
Gupf, a villager who feels he's the rightful 
leader of the group, complains about your 
decision making. You can respond only 
by clicking on buttons and hoping that 
the next series of decisions ends his 
complaints. 

PERSEVERANCE PAYS OFF 

The Lost Tribe attempts to be both 
educational and entertaining, but at times 
you get the impression its developers 
just couldn't decide what kind of program 
they wanted to create. It's ironic that 
the program suffers from something 
of an identity crisis, because the software 
is designed to teach strategy and leader- 
ship skills. 

Nevertheless, although it may not be a 
simulation every kid will take to on his or 
her own, it can prove effective for educa- 
tors who take the lime lo incorporate it 
into their curricula — perhaps introduc- 
ing it by setting up a successful set of 
decisions as a model. 

Once students master the game's basic 
level, they can hone their skills in five 
different and increasingly challenging 
scenarios. Used this way, The Lost Tribe 
can bring prehistory to life while teaching 
the essentials of decision making. 

K.C. Genzroer 
New York, NY 



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JAM SESSION 



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Bogas Productions 
751 Laurel Street #213 
San Carlos, CA 94070 
(415) 592-5129 
T415] 592-519S fax 

• music-performance software 

• Mac Plus or higher 

• includes b/w and color versions 

• requires no external hardware 

• $59.95 

• $29.95 Classic Songs 

• $79.95 bundle 



|leep in your heart beats the spirit of a 
Hume rock monster — but the connec- 
tion between those sparkling notes and 
your clumsy fingers is frayed at best. You 
hear the music inside vou, but you just 
Can't express thai internal bop. The 
dazzling solos within have no release. 
What to do? 

WE'RE GONNA MAKE YOU A STAR 

You could spend the next ten years 
(earning to play an instrument, and then 
hire a backup band and go on the road. 
Bui in die meantime try this temporary 
solution: Jam Session from Bogas Produc- 




tions. Jam Session may be the musical 
answer for everyone who ever wanted to 
bebop with the best, but lacked the 
resources, time, or talent. Load one of 
the 20 songs included with the program 
(additional songs are also available) and 
you'll call up one of ten scenes — a smoky 
jazz dub or a sock hop. Tor instance — 
and hear the audience applauding. 

The music begins, The < >n-screen instru- 
mentalists start moving to the beat. With 
a-one, a-two, and a press of die keys, music 
issues from your Mac. Stunning guitar riffs 
dunce up the scales. Electric piano keys 
tinkle in time. The tom-toms beat out. 
rhythms, and there's never a sour note 
— no experience, no practice, no musical 
ability required. With Jam Session even an 
orangutan could get down and rock out. 

The secret of closet Jam Session rnaes- 
tros is the program's dozens of musical 
tiffs — short repeated phrases. Pressing a 
letter or number key plays a riff, and each 
one is tuned and timed for its song. Songs 
may include up to 60 different riffs, rang- 
ing from single notes to complicated 
passages — and it that isn't enough you 
can press the option or command key to 
slide the notes up or down while playing. 

You can also edit and save changes to 
riffs. (That doesn't take a lot of musical 
ability, either, but note that you may edit 
a riff out of tune if you don't know what 
you're doing.) 

You can add, modify, and erase notes 
and rests, and even change instruments. 
If your efforts are worth preserving, you 
can record them for playback. If it didn't 
sound right, you can do multiple "takes." 

THE SOUL OF THIS MACHINE 

Jam Session comes compressed on four 
disks. It's easy to install on a hard drive 
with about 4 free megabytes. You start 
with 20 songs, 60 instrument files, and 
ten animated scenes. Bogas offers a 
coupon good for a disk of ten additional 
songs as an encouragement to register, 
and you can buy Jam Session's Classic 
Songs with rock-and-roll oldies such as 
Wipeout and Louie Louie, new instruments, 
and better scenes. Jam Session offers a 
couple of "classical" pieces to play along 
with, but the improvisauonal style of rock, 
country, and jazz (jazz players invented 
the riff) makes that type of music a more 
natural fit for the program. 

Getting started is just about as easy as 
playing along. The manual is compre- 
hensive and clearly written. Just open a 
SOng, selectp/ay, and off you go. You can 
either let the program pick the appro- 
priate scene or select one yourself If 
you like you can have Jam Session play 
the song for you, putting in riffs when 
appropriate. In another mode you 
can press as many keys as you like 
and the program will play one after the 
other, waiting for the beginning of a new 



measure to start each riff. Jam Session 
will also load and save Studio Session 
and Super Studio Session formats (both 
from Bogas Productions). 

HIT IT 

The program is easy to use, the songs 
and riffs are put together well, and die 
animations are nicely done (though not 
spectacular). One problem I encountered 
after editing riffs, however, was that the 
save-changes feature, designed to keep 
you from losing your work, saved alter- 
ations automatically in Studio Session 
format — thereby losing both the modi- 
fied and the original riffs. (Keep your 
original disks handy.) Other annoyances 
include an inability to edit riffs until 
you've played die song at least once, or to 
write riffs from scratch. 

But Jam Session is fun to play with — 
and after all, that's the main idea. True 
musicians will find the program limited, 
but might still enjoy its entertainment 
qualities. Even though the program is 
simple and more-or-less idiot-proof, you'll 
ieel satisfied — and at least a few notes 
cIosct to rock-and-roll stardom. 

Guy Wright 
Temple, NH 



INTELLITALK 




InlalliToola 
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"visual interface." Today an ancient "face- 



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less" timepiece looks odd. Some centuries 
hence, ancient word processors, such as 
Word 5.1 or MacWrite Pro, in which 
words are typed on a screen, may look 
just as odd to our descendants. The 
written word has no natural advantage 
over the spoken, and talking word proces- 
sors for future computers will make 
today's versions look clumsy. 

A talking word processor you can hear 
today is IntelliTalk, a writing and com- 
munication tool for all Macs. It's designed 
for students who need a simple talking 
word processor and for nonverbal 
persons who want to use IntelliKeys. an 
alternative keyboard (also from Intelli- 
Tools, reviewed in May 1993, p. 32), as a 



communication device. Yau can instruct 
IntelliTalk to speak every letter, word, 
and sentence as you type, review what's 
written in any standard text file, print and 
save documents, and change font size, 
typeface, and color — > everything you 
expect a Mac word processor to do. 

In addition, a quick glance at my files 
reveals IntelliTalk as the only talking Mac 
word processor. (Davidson's KidWorks 2 
speaks, but it's designed as a plaything.) 
There is one other alternative: Berkeley 
Systems' Outspoken can speak aloud 
everything that appears on a Mac screen: 
icons, menus, and mouse emulation. It's a 
talking interface for a graphics computer; 
you really have to hear it to believe it. 



(Call 800-877-5535.) It's got a price to 
match, though — $495. 

STRAY DOGS AND MOOSE 

IntelliTalk works well with any Mac key- 
board, but when coupled with the Intelli- 
Keys programmable keyboard and a 
special sheet you create with the Overlay 
Maker program, it really shines. 

True, it's a simple word processor. In 
reviewing a text-processing package, it's 
hard to break the habit of counting the 
number of rulers, fonts, and styles it offers 
— but remember that all that fancy 
formatting is lost on a typist who can't 
see. IntelliTalk has the basics. Some of its 
features are designed for typists with 
needs other than speech, as well. For 
instance, it offers picture menus and 
colored backgrounds as well as text. 

Most important, though, is InteHiTalk's 
speech editing. It uses MarinTalk, a 
system extension Apple included in early 
Macs. (Apple now advises developers 
not to use it.) According to Apple, you 
may experience problems using virtual 
memory or odier extensions. I didn't. 

MacinTalk is an old dog, but at least 
you can teach it new tricks; you can train 
it to say just about anything. Of course, 
you can add hundreds of words and tune 
their pronunciation ever so finely, and 
IntelliTalk still sounds like Talking 
Moose. They both use MacinTalk, and 
the voice sounds like a computer talk- 
ing, It isn't natural, but Talking Moose 
fans will agree that it does grow on you. 

I was a bit put out, however, when I 
tried typing this article with both eyes 
shut. All the Mac alert boxes forced me to 
peek at the screen and the "visual" inter- 
face. Even Microsoft Word 5.1 lets you 
just type the letter Y or AT instead clicking 
the Yes or No button in response to the 
question "Do want to save your work?" 

Of course, Berkeley's OutSpoken can 
do that, But it costs ten times what 
IntelliTalk does. If you can't see and want 
(o use a Mac all the time, OutSpoken is 
probably what you need. But if you need 
speech only occasionally or have other 
special needs, IntelliTalk's a bargain, 

THE NEW KNOWLEDGE NAVIGATOR 

Apple's vision of the future is less visual 
than today's Mac interface. Not only has 
Apple revealed long-term plans such as 
"Casper" technology — the digital assis- 
tant who talks when you speak to him 

— but the company is also expected to 
release a new text-to-speech tool next year 
that will rival the best talking computers 
for clarity. In the meantime, IntelhTalk is 
a low-cost way to turn printed words into 
spoken ones in the Mac's most common 

— and wordiest — application. □ 

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In ancient times, seekeTs of wisdom 
would look to the heavens for 
answers to their most-daunting ques- 
tions. At first only kings and scholars 
were privy to the divine plan written 
in the stars, but you know how these things 
go. Word spread, demand soared, and a 
new bunch of professional seers known as 
astrologers began to hang out their shin- 
gles and invite the common folk in. Of 
course, that was B.C. — before computers. 

Today, millions of computer users reg- 
ularly consult a contemporary constella- 
tion of knowledge sources called the 
Internet. More.than an on-line service or 
computerized bulletin-board system (BBS), 
the Internet is a worldwide super-network 
made up of thousands of independent 
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program files of all descriptions. Thou- 
sands of special-interest groups, or news- 
groups, gather on the Internet to share 
information on everything from astronomy 
to pets to family health to home brewing. 
You can chat "live" with other users or 
transfer information from an Internet 
server to your Apple II. 

POWER TO THE PEOPLE 

When progressive leaders in our gov- 
ernment speak of a "national data super- 
highway," they envision a computer net- 
work as powerful — and as empowering 
— as the Internet, which serves as the 
prototype for a worldwide communications 
network supported by officials such as Vice 
President Al Gore. That's not surprising: 
The U.S. government has been helping to 
fund the Internet since its inception. It 
began in the late 1960s as ARPANET, a 
network that let users share software and 
hardware resources within the Advanced 
Research Projects Agency at the Depart- 
ment of Defense. More than a decade later, 
ARPANET spawned Milrwt, an unclassified 
military network. Milnet continued to 
support internetwork, communications with 
ARPANET, which by that time was known 
as the DARPA Internet. Eventually, the 
name was shortened to Internet. 

What was once the domain of the military 
and defense contractors grew to embrace 
worldwide academic and research commu- 
nity networks, thanks largely to the influ- 
ence of NSFNET, the National Science Foun- 
dation Network, founded in 1986 to link 
university researchers throughout the U.S. 
{It eventually displaced ARPANET.) Similar 
nets arose in other counrries when research 
centers forged new links with the Internet — 
and the rest, as they say, is history. 

Despite a lack of centralized adminis- 
tration, the Internet is now believed to 
include some 5 million people connected to 
10,000 networks in four dozen countries 
on all seven continents. Some observers 



guess the Internet is growing at the rate 
of 20 percent each month, a figure that 
precludes a firm estimate of the worldwide 
network's actual size. What we do know is 
that business users, computing enthusiasts, 
and even elementary-school children log 
onto the Internet every day. The Internet 
has evolved from a holy-of-holies for the 
chosen few to an all-encompassing infor- 
mation resource for the rest of us. 

PUSHING THE ENVELOPE 

To many users, the Internet's complex- 
ity and the sheer amount of information 
it provides make it as inscrutable as the 
constellations. But although some high 
priests of computing might tike you to 
think that the Internet is beyond your 
grasp, it's both easy and inexpensive to get 
connected once you know the secret pass- 
word (more on that below). As for equip- 
ment, all you need is an Apple II — or any 
other personal computer — phis a modem, 
communications software, and a phone line. 

So equipped, you can dial a phone 
number that links you lo one or more of 
the Internet's more-useful features: e-mail, 
telnet, and FTP (file-transfer protocol — 
master enough acronyms and you, too, can 
be an Internet guru). 

E-mail, or electronic mail, is even faster 
than Federal Express when it comes to 
communicating with other Internet users. 
Like snail mail (a derogatory term for the 
U.S. Postal Service), e-mail letters must 
include the recipient's address. On the 
Internet, each address conforms to the 
domain name system, a format analogous 
in many ways to the name/street/city/state 
setup you use every day. 

One of my Internet addresses, for 
example, is cefield@aol.C9m. That famil- 
iar phrase preceding the @ sign is my user 
name on America Online; you can proba- 
bly guess then what the aol immediately 
following the @ sign refers to. The suffix 
com is just one of several that indicate a 



3B * inCider/A+ ■ July 1 933 

l 





For fun, for business, for research, the Internet 
is your entree to thousands of databases and 
information s banks around the globe, A modem, 
a telecom program, and a local phone call 
are all you need to explore 
new worlds on line. 




V 




• * 




Juiy 1993 -InDiderm -^17 



IMIXPUB SHORT LIST 

Open-Access Internet Sites 



PHONE # 


BBS 


LOCATION 


BAUD 1x100) 


FEE? 


201-759-8450 


tronabox 


Belleville NJ 


3/1 2/24/96 


no 


203-661-1279 


admiral 


Greenwich QT 


3/1 2/24/96 


na 


206-328-4944 


polari 


Seattle WA 


12 


yes 


206-367-3837 


eskimo 


Seattle WA 


3/1 2/24 


yes 


206-382-8245 


halcyon 


Seattle WA 


3/1 2/24/96 


yes 


212-420-0527 


magpie 


New York NY 


3/12/24/9S 


no 


212-431-1944 


dorsaidm 


New York NY 


3/12/2*3(95 


yes 


212-675-7059 


marob 


New York NY 


3/12/24/96 


no 


214-S54-3404 


neis 


□alias "DC 


3/12^24/96 


yes 


214-436-3281 


sdf 


□alias TX 


3/1 2/24/9 S 


no 


215-343-9727 


jaboer 


Oc vies town PA 


3/12/24/SB 


no 


215-654-0184 


celiar 


Horsham PA 


3/1 2/2 4/9 B 


yes 


21 6-481 -S445 


wari3t 


Cleveland OH 


3/12/24/96 


yes 


21 6-5B2-246U 


ncaast 


Cleveland OH 


12/24/96 


yes 


217-78S-7B8B 


pallas 


Springfield IL 


3/1 2/24/9 B 


yes 


219-283-0282 


gator 


South Bend IN 


24/96 


yes 


301-220-0462 


digex 


Oreenbelt MO 


3/1 0/24 


yes 


301-953-7233 


highlite 


Laurel MO 


1 2/34/96 


yes 


3D3-871-4B24 


ny^ 


Denver CO 


3/1 2/24 


no 


3D9-B7B-9409 


hes 


Peoria IL 


3/1 2/24/06 


no 


310-397-3137 


stb 


Santa Monica CA 


3/1 S/24/96 


no 


312-248-0900 


ddswl 


Chicago IL 


3/1 2/24/96 


yes 


31 2-2B3-0559 


chines 


Chicago IL 


3/1 2/24/96 


yes 


312-338-0632 


point 


Chicago IL 


3/1 2/24/96 


no 


31 2-714-8568 


gagme 


Chicago IL 


12/24/B6 


yes 


313-523-6309 


nucleus 


Clark'ston Ml 


12/24 


no 


313-996-4644 


m-net 


Ann Arbor Ml 


3/12/24 


yes 


401-455-0347 


anomaly 


Esmond Rl 


3/1 2/24/96 


no 


407-299-3661 


vicstny 


Orlando FL 


1 2/24 


no 


407-438-7 13H 


jwt 


Orlando FL 


1 2/24/96 


no 


40B-241-9760 


netcom 


San Jose CA 


1 2/24/96 


yes 


40B-245-772B 


uuwesi 


Sunnyvale CA 


3/1 2/24 


no 


40B-249-9630 


quack 


Santa Olara CA 


3/1 2/24/96 


yes 


408-254-0246 


zorch 


San Jose CA 


1 2/24/96 


yes 


40B-254-D246 


cruzio 


Santa Cruz CA 


12/24 


yes 


408-458-2289 


aorn 


Santa Cruz CA 


3/12/24/96 


nn 


408-725-0561 


portal 


Cupertino CA 


3/1 2/24/96 


yes 


408-739-1520 


szebra 


Sunnyvale CA 


3/12/24/36 


no 


410-B25-D817 


wh3ffv 


Baltimore MO 


12/24/96 


na 


412-431-8649 


eklektik 


Pittsburgh PA 


3/12/24 


yes 


414-241-5469 


mixrajm 


Milwaukee Wl 


12/24/96 


yes 


41 4-734-2499 


edsi 


Applet on Wl 


3/12/24 


yes 


415-332-6106 


well 


Sausalicn CA 


12/24 


yes 


415-826-0397 


wet 


San Francisco CA 


12/24 


yes 


415-949-3133 


starnet 


Los Alcos CA 


3/1 2/24/9 G 


yes 


41 5-967-8443 


btr 


Mountain View CA 


3/1 2/24/9 B 


yes 


41 6-452-0926 


telly 


Brampton ON CAN 


12/24/96 


yes 


41 6-461-2668 


cms oft 


Toronto ON CAN 


3/1 2/24/9 B 


ye 5 


502-957-4200 


disk 


Louisville KY 


3/1 2/24 


yea 


503-254-0458 


bucket 


Portland OR 


3/1 2/24/96 


yes 


503-297-3211 


m2xentx 


Portland OR 


3/1 2/24/96 


no 


503-640-4262 


agoro 


pDX OR 


12/24/BB 


yes 


503-344-8135 


techbook 


Portland OR 


1 2/24/9 B 


yes 


508-S55-3B48 


unixland 


Natick MA 


1 2/24/96 


yes 


50S-SB4-0149 


genesis 


North Reading MA 


12/24/BB 


no 


569-53E-4DB2 


visual 


Spokane WA 


12/24/96/19 


no 


51 0-223-97B9 


partiage 


B Sobrante CA 


3/12/24/4B 


ne 


51 0-294-8591 


wood owl 


Live rm ore CA 


12/24/19,2 


no 


510-530-3882 


□dt 


Oakland CA 


1 2/24/96 


no 


51 U-BES-SBaS 


jack 


Fremont DA 


3/1 2/24/96 


no 


512-346-2339 


bigtex 


Austin TX 


96 


no 


513-779-8209 


cinnei 


Cincinnati DH 


! 2/24/96 


yes 


514-435-8896 


ichlibix 


Blalnville QE CAN 


3/1 2/24/96 


no 


517-497-3356 


lunapark 


E. Lansing Ml 


12/24 


no 



fOTLii-nucd •m p- 10 



36 ■ lnCider/A+ ■ July 1993 



Other services cost as little as $20 or as 
much as several hundred dollars per 
month. To locate a service in your area, 
download two files from America Online: 
pdi<fl010,txt {Public Diabtp Internet Access 
List) and nixpub-server.txt {Open Access 
UNIX Sites). Other on-line services proba- 
bly offer them, as welJ. Or see the accom- 
panying "NIXPUB Short List" to find an 
Internet access site in your calling area. 

SECRET'S OUT 

There's still another way to access the 
Internet — and it'll seem familiar to those 
of you who are already avid telecommuni- 
cators. Recently, several commercial 
information services — including America 
On3 inc. CompuServe, GEnie, and Delphi 
— opened gateways letting Internet users 
around the world communicate with each 
other via e-mail. For instance, I regularly 
receive press releases from Bright Software, 
an Apple lies developer in Switzerland, 
via the Internet. 

America Online also maintains an active 
Internet forum and provides informational 
text files you can download, print, and read 
to learn more about the Internet. Among 
the more-helpful files is zenI0.txt. an elec- 
tronic version of Brendan P. Kehoe's book 
Zch and the Art of the Internet. (For a list of 
other resources, see the accompanying 
sidebar "Internet Reading List.") 

America Online, CompuServe, and 
GEnie don't provide access to the Internet's 
more-sophisticated features — telnet and 
FTP — however. You read it here first: 
Short of getting a free ride courtesy of your 
school's computer-center hookup, the 
easiest and least-expensive means of 
accessing the Internet is to sign up for a 
trial membership on Delphi. The unsung 
hero of commercial on-line services, Delphi 
is unique in offering its members direct 
connection to the Internet for only $3 per 
month. On-line time costs as little as f 1 
per hour. Even from my semirural home 
office, I can connect to Delphi with a 
local phone call. The savings in telephone 
charges alone more than pay for my late- 
night meandering around the Internet and 
Delphi's considerable number of other 
services, including a lively Apple II forum. 

At press time, Delphi was offering five 
hours of free connect time and waiving the 
$3 Internet surcharge for new subscribers 
during those five hours. You can even sign 
up toll-free by dialing (800) 365-4636 with 
your modem: Press the return key when 
the connection's made; at the user-name 
prompt type JOINDELPHI; at the pass- 
word type Ar£M37. 

EASY DOES IT 

So what do you get for your money — 
how does it all work? From Delphi's main 
menu, choosing Internet Semites shunts you 
to the Internet Special Interest Group, Press 



the return key. From the Internet SIG menu 
you can send e-mail or explore Delphi's 
simple-to-use Auto-Ctmneet Services, which 
make circling the globe on the Internet as 
easy as pi. Or choc-se Delphi's FTP or Telnet 
option to connect to your favorite Internet 
host computer directly. 

Delphi offers one other vital feature — 
not only easy Internet logon, but easy 
Internet search. In many respects the 
Internet is a UNIX club where UNIX- 
speak is the mother tongue. Fortunately, 
just a few hours' practice is all it takes to 
become accustomed to the Internet's hier- 
archical file structure, which is, after all, a 
lot like ProDOS. Noodling around the 
Internet and finding the files you want 
is still something of a challenge, but it's 
greatly simplified thanks to database search 
utilities such as Archie and Internet 
Gopher. Delphi provides access to both. 
Try Archie first: 

s- Select the Utilities option from the Internet 
SIG menu, 

* Choose Archie FTP File Search. 

Select one of the Archie servers listed 
(host computers with Archie software 
installed). 

* When the login: prompt appears, type 
archie and press the return key. 

'■r. At the archie> prompt type the keyword 
you'd like Archie to search for. During 
one Archie session, for example, I was 
looking for files related to HyperCard. 
At archie > I typed prog hypercard and 
pressed the return key. Archie searched 
among the 849 network sites stored in its 
database and came up with a few dozen 
locations nationwide where HyperCard- 
related files are stored. 



ON-LINE SERVICES 

America Online 

Quantum Computer Services 
BG19 Westwood Center Drive 
Suite 200 

Vienna. VA 22182-2285 
[SCO S27-S364 

CompuServe 

P,0. Box 2021 2 
Columhus, OH 43220 
(BOD) B4B,81B9 

Delphi 

General Videotex Corporation 
1030 Massachusetts Ave, 
Gam bridge MA 0S13B 
(SCO B95-4005 
(S 17) 491-3393 

CEnie 

General Electric Information Services 
401 North Washington St 
Rockville, MD 20B5D 
[000) 63B-9636 




i Because Archie doesn't let you print the 
list directly to disk or send it to your 
printer, I used the command mail 
cefidd@aolcom to instruct Archie to 
e-mail the list to me. Within hours it 
appeared in my America Online mail- 
box. (I could just, as easily have instructed 
Archie to send, the report to my Delphi 
mailbox: eefield@delphi.com.} 

Gopher, a menu-driven information 
server, works more transparently. Searches 
occur in the background as Gopher 
"lelnets" to different Internet sites from a 
main menu sporting plain-English entries 
such as Periodicals, Journals, & Newsletters; 
Reference Books; and Services at Other 
Institutions. Gopher is so named because 
the utility can "go fer" you rather than 
leave you to your own devices as you 
maneuver through countless databases 
consisting of hundreds of directories with 
arcane names. 

AROUND THE WORLD 

Archie and Gopher are designed to 
make searching the Internet a less frus- 
trating experience for new users and old 
hands alike. But it's also fun to explore the 
Internet free-style with telnet and FTP. 
All you need is a list of Internet domain 
addresses before you log on. (You can find 
addresses for dozens of public-access 
Internet sites in the books listed in the 
accompanying reading list.) Let's try some 
simple "telnetting" to start with: 
a* To access the Weather Underground net 
(mentioned above), for example, select 
Telnet from Delphi's Internet SIG menu. 
n When the system requests the host 
computer's address, type madlab.sprl 
.umick.edu 3000. (The number 3000 is 
the port address — something like a 
suite number in an office building. The 
offices share the same street address, but 
have different suite numbers.) 

* Weather Underground's system is menu 
driven, a lot like many of the Apple II 
programs you already use. 

FTP is somewhat more exacting. Follow 
along as we try this one out 
s From Delphi's Internet SIG menu 

choose FTP. 

* When the system requests the Internet 
host address, type the domain name 
for the remote computer you want to 
access. 

s Generally speaking, you'll log on as 

anonymmis; choose this default name by 

pressing the return key when the login: 

prompt appears. 
•M At the password: prompt, your Delphi 

address appears automatically. Press the 

return key to accept it. 
i At the ftp > prompt, use the appropriate 

commands to change directories, list 

files, and download them. 



July 1993- lnCWer/A+ - 39 



Continued from p. 58 



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Listings are as current as possible. 

Send additions, deletions, or corrections to phil@ls.com. 

— Joe Abernathy, Senior Editor^ PC World 



II you want to do a trial run uu the 
Internet, you can practice FTPing from 
Delphi's jiuto-Gpnaetf Savitxs menu without 
knowing or typing in any domain names: 

* Choose FTP Sites. 

* At the Aiito-FTP> Enter your selection: 
prompt type Recipes and press the 
return key. 

4 At ihcftp> prompt type dir and press 
the return key. 

i A list at directories, including one rirled 
pub, will appear. Public directories are 
available [o all users, including guests. 

■ At the ftp> prompt type id pub and press 
the return key to change to the pub 
directory. (As in the MS-DOS world, the 
command cd means change directory.) 

m Aifip> type dir and press the return key 
to list subdirectories ivithin the- pub 
directory. 

+ You'U see a directory named recipes. At 
lhejtp> prompt type cd recipes and 
press Lhe return key to change to that 
directory. 

r .\iftp> type list and press die return key- 
to see the many recipes in the directory. 

Hj Let's download a recipe for dog biscuits 
your favorite canine will drool over. 
(Proponents even say "people find them 
better tailing than many health foods." 
I Mn buy that.) At ftp> type get "dog- 
bismits" dog and press lhe return key. 
( fheg-e; command selecis the tile whose 
name appears in ijuules. The name 
following the quotes is the utle under 
which the file will be stored after it's seru 
to your Delphi workspace — a storage 
place for transferred files and e-mail.) 
When the ftp> prompt reappears, type 
exit to quit FTP and leave the remote 
computer system. 

■ : Within seconds you're hark at Delphi 
where you can cuter your workspace, 
"catalog" your holdings, and download 
that mouth-watering dog-biscuit recipe 
file to your Apple II. 

WINDOW ON THE FUTURE 

Imagine what a few hours on the 
Internet can do to enrich the computing 
experience for you and your family, 
officemates, or students. The "data super- 
highway" of tile future is a reality today. 
For fun, For business, for research, Internet 
lets you tap into thousands of databases 
and information banks around the globe. 
A modem, a telecom program, and a 
lotul phone call are all you need to travel 
the world on line. LI 



Consulting Editor Cynthia E. Field is 
the author of inclder/a+'s apple clinic 
and What's New departments. Write to 
her c/o A+ Publishing, «0 Elm Street, 
Peterborough, NH 03458, Enclose a self- 
addressed, stamped envelope if you'd 
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BOOT UP A GS PROGRAM AND YOU'LL GET A POTENT REMINDER OF JUST WHAT THOSE 
initials stand for: That comfortable "Mac-style" interface is powered by a superior gmphicx and sound 
engine that's state-of-the-art for the Apple II line. Your system pays a price for all those windows and 



s 

new 
GS RAM boards 

give you the 
power you need 
to run today's 
silicon-hungry 
programs. 



By GARRY HOWARD 



icons, though: hefty memory requirements. Big integrated pack- 
ages such as AppleWorks GS, sophisticated creativity programs like 
HyperStudio, fast-and-furious games like Space Pox — all run 
more efficientiy with extra Bj\M. Even if you can squeeze a program 
into the GS-standard 1 megabyte, chances are 2 megs or more will 
give you speedier operation and access to optional features. 

Thanks to the laws of supply and demand — the popular use 
of computer chips in everything from cars to microwave ovens — 
the cost of beefing up your system is dropping every day. Let's take 
a look at three of the newest RAM-card models on the market: 
RAM GS from Sequential Systems, PaceMark's lies Super Ram, 
and C.V. Technologies' CV-Ram. To even the playing field, I tested 
all three boards with 4 megabytes (MB) installed. (Other configu- 
rations are also available.) All are top performers and are priced at 
less than $200 for 4 megabytes. Several additional criteria — type 
of memory expansion, ease of installation, quality of documenta- 
tion and included utilities, and availability of technical support — 
can help you decide which board is right for your system. 



42 • inCit!er/A+ ■ July 1B33 





iith the biggest capacity 
of the three cards reviewed 
here, C'.K's CV-Ram gives you 
a potential 8 megabytes 
of additional memory. 



^^frequential Systems" 
RAM GS comes with extensive 
documentation and carries 
a two-year warranty. 





aceMark's Super Ram 
uses SIMM units you can 
recycle between your GS 
and your Macintosh. 



July 1993 » mCider/A - * 43 



Basic Stats 

9 \AM GS is a full-sized board (about 3 by 7.5 inches) — 

_ ^a "zip" package holding 1-megabit CMOS DRAM 
_l ^(complementary metallic-oxide semiconductor dynamic 
random-access memory) chips with a typical access speed of 
80 to 100ns (nanoseconds). CMOS chips ensure low power 
consumption and relatively low heat generation in your 
system. Zip doesn't refer to speed here. Superficially 
speaking, the smaller the nanoseconds number, the faster 
the memory chip, but memory access is ultimately limited 
by the computer's microprocessor speed. Used here, zip is 
a coined expression that describes the pins on the bottom 
of the chip: They're arranged like teeth in a zipper. Each 
tabular-style chip is soldered to the board. 

You can purchase the RAM GS card in two configura- 
tions: 2 or 4 megabytes. The 4-megabyte board is fully 
populated with four banks holding eight chips each. The 
2-megabyte card includes two banks of eight chips each, 
with another two banks containing 16 sockets that let you 
increase memory to a maximum of 4 megabytes by insert- 
ing chips sold by Sequential and other diird-party companies 
(approximately $50 for 2 megabytes at press time). A 
company spokesman notes that 98 percent of SequentiaFs 
customers purchase the fully populated 4-megabyte board. 

As spelled out in the documentation, you set the RAM 
Configuration via a single on-board jumper — a small 
plastic-and-meta] bridge that indicates whether 2 or 4 mega- 
bytes are installed. Sequential packs an eight-page manual 
and a 3.5-inch diagnostic utilities disk (to test whether the 
board's individual chips are working) with RAM GS, which 
is warranted for two years. The company also offers toll- 
free technical support within the U.S. and Canada. 

By contrast, lies Super Ram is a half-sized board: about 
3 by 4 inches. (GS owners who have already upgraded 



minimum configuration 
maximum configuration 
4MB board price 
board size 
board installation 
DMA compatible? 
maximum DMA access 
chip type 
chip installation 
chip coat 
recycle chipa? 
teat software included? 
warranty 
toll-free support? 

* 8MB with CV.'s RAM Fast SCSI Card unly 
Table. Feature-comparison chart for three RAM-card models. 

44- inCider/A+ • July 1993 



memory by installing Quality Computers' Q-RAM GS will 
recognize this card. Both are manufactured by PaceMark 
Technologies.) The Super Ram board uses 1-megabyte 
DRAM SIMMs (single in-line memory modules) with an access 
speed of 120ns or faster. These units are similar to those 
used in Macintosh computers, although different Mac 
models may require SIMMs with different speeds. 

The memory modules on the lies Super Ram card are 
mounted in four low-profile slots. SIMMs win the prize 
for ease of expansion hands down: Adding memory is as 
simple as snapping SIMMs into their slots and then 
setting the two DIP (dual in-line package) switches on the 
Super Ram board. The documentation describes this basic 
procedure and what the switches' on and off positions 
indicate to your system. 

If you prefer to shop around for the least-expensive 
SIMMs you can find, you can purchase a bare-bones Super 
Ram board for only $50 and add 1-megabyte SIMMs for 
total memory expansion of 1, 2, or 4 megabytes. A 
PaceMark Technologies spokesman says you can purchase 
appropriate SIMMs for as little as $18 each by mail order, 
at computer shows, or at swap meets. When schools 
upgrade their Mac LCs with 4-megabyte SIMMs, he adds, 
they often recycle the LCs' original 1 -megabyte SIMMs in 
GSes equipped with Super Ram boards. 

PaceMark includes a three-page instruction pamphlet 
and a RAM -test utility on 3.5-inch disk in the Super Ram 
package. The hoard is warranted for one year; in addition, 
PaceMark provides a toll-free support number for 
the U.S. and Canada. 

CV-Ram is also a half-sized card. It uses standard 
4-megabit DRAM chips with an access speed of 1 20ns or 
faster. It's the only one of the three boards reviewed here 
that's expandable to a total of 8 megabytes in increments 
of 1 megabyte. The board comes with eight soldered chips 



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and eight empty expansion sockets. The documentation 
accompanying the card provides part numbers of compat- 
ible chips manufactured by Samsung, Texas Instruments, 
and Toshiba. At press time, a C.V. Technologies spokes- 
man estimated the cost of chips at about $30 to 340 per 
megabyte, but he cautioned that prices fluctuate on a 
biweekly basis. The position of an on-board jumper indi- 
cates the total amount of memory installed on the 
CV-Ram card. 

The CV-Ram "manual" is three photocopied pages. The 
package includes no RAM test utilities. {C.V. Technologies 
recommends using the diagnostics that come with 
AppleWorks GS 1.1 — fine if you already own that $300 
program.) The board carries a one-year warranty. The 
company offers no technical support or toll-free phone 
line and in fact recommends that you purchase the 
CV-Ram board from an authorized mail-order distributor 
such as TMS Peripherals. 

All three RAM cards reviewed here are DMA {direct 
memory access) compatible in configurations of up to 4 
megabytes with both the Apple High-Speed SCSI Card 
and C.V, Technologies' RAMFast SCSI Card. DMA tech- 
nology means that the SCSI (small-computer system interface) 
card linking your computer and hard drive (or other SCSI 
peripheral) can bypass your system's CPU (central process- 
ing mat) to access memory direcdy, resulting in speedier 
operations. The CV-Ram board is unique in its DMA 
compatibility above 4 megabytes, but that feature is avail- 
able only with the company's own SCSI hard-drive 
controller board. In a nutshell, if you have C.V.'s RAMFast 
SCSI Card, the CV-Ram board will take you to 8 mega- 
bytes with full DMA capability. You can use the memory 
card with any other SCSI controller by turning DMA off 
— if you don't mind giving up direct memory access in 
return for 8 megabytes of RAM. 

Plug 'n' Play? 




nstalling any of the three RAM-expansion boards 
reviewed here is a straightforward process. The basic 
procedure goes like this: 



• Make sure your computer's turned off. 

• Pop the lid on the GS. 

• Ground yourself by touching the power supply or 
wearing an anti-static wrist strap to dissipate harmful 
static electricity. 

• Insert, the RAM card into slot 8, the GS' dedicated 
memory-expansion slot. It's offset from the motherboard's 
other slots — it's toward the front right as you face the GS. 

• Boot your computer with a diagnostic disk to check the 
amount of RAM on board. 

Some RAM cards are physically easier to install than 
others, though. Sequenrial's RAM GS board with its high- 
profile zip-style chips leaves a clearance of only one 1 6th 
of an inch between the memory card itself and an adjacent 
SCSI card. By contrast, thanks to its conventional design, 
the CV-Ram board leaves lots of room for air circulation 
— but it's difficult to insert. Despite its low-profile SIMM 



slots, the Super Ram board results in a tight fit; in fact, 
its SIMMs touched the surface of the SCSI card in my GS. 
Moreover, the Super Ram card is difficult to insert and 
remove. 

According to a PaceMark spokesman, the close proxi- 
mity has no effect on performance. There's no contact 
between conductive surfaces. The SIMMs incorporate low- 
power CMOS components, and even an accelerated 
8-megahertz GS doesn't generate the significant amounts 
of heat more commonly associated with, say, the 66-mega- 
hertz microprocessors found in accelerated IBM PCs, for 
instance. The company claims to have sold more than 
10,000 Super Ram cards in the past year alone with no 
reported problems. 

There's no doubt that the quality of the three RAM cards 
reviewed here is first class. Each board has characteristics 
that make it appealing to different types of GS users, 
though, so it's worthwhile to take a moment to assess your 
needs. If you want a simple, reliable, low-priced 4- 
megabyte card, for example, Sequenlial's RAM GS is the 
best choice. If you're satisfied with a maximum of 4 
megabytes but would like to add that memory in stages — 
with die potential to recycle SIMMs to or from a Macintosh 
— PaceMark's IIgs Super RAM can't be beat. 

If you have a RAMFast SCSI Card and consider yourself 
a "power user," however, the CV-Ram board will take 
you all the way to 8 megabytes with full DMA capability — 
maximum operational speed and efficiency with even the 
biggest GS programs on the market. □ 

Garry Howard is a geologist with a private company, based 
in Alberta. Canada. Write to him. c/o A+ Publishing, 80 
Elm Street, Peterborough, NH 03458. Enclose a. self- 
addressed, STAMPED ENVELOPE IF YOU'D LIKE A PERSONAL REPLY. 



PRODUCT INFORMATION 



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* Ant Wars is the latest in s long series of $10 shareware 
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Bawl GS is suitable for one to three players. Use the mouse to 
position your bowler, then double-click to release the ball. Time 
your mouse clicks carefully, as they control whether the ball 
will roll straight dawn the lane or be delivered with a hook. It 
cakes practice to get the hang of it, but once you do. you'll on 
your way to a near-perfect 300 score. 

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Mario apart from other Tetris knockaffs are the many obstacles 
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remove those little hindrances with lots of fast action and quick 
thinking. The game includes a module tD save high scores. 
Several revisions of this game exist: some work better than oth- 
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quite right at first, took for another version. It'll be well worth it: 
this is one of the better games ever released for the GS. 

*" PenteGS is the "latest and greatest" 9! 10 shareware chal- 
lenge from the noted GS programmer Ken rick Mock. Pente is a 
super-hi-res board game besed on the ancient game Go. similar 
to Chinese checkers and tic-tec-toB. Played against another 
human or against the computer, the goal is straightforward, 
but owing to the software's utilization of a variety of artificial- 
intelligence techniques, winning is difficult. Played on a 19-by-19 
grid, you and your opponent attempt to place five pieces in a 
row. Complete with beautiful graphics, music, and sound 
effects, Pente GS helps you develop your strategic-thinking 
skills while providing some late-night summer entertainment. 

Plotting is an incredible $25 strategy arcade shareware 
game by the French programmer Philippe Leclerco. In one- or 
two-player mode, the goal is to eliminate blocks from a pile by 
shooting similarly marked blacks at them. Remove them all and 
move up to the next challenging level. All it takes is a minute or 
two observing the animated instructional demo to understand 
all aspects of game play completely. Plotting even comes with 
an editor that lets players create their own levels and includes 
a two-player timed tournament mode as well. Complete with 
music and amusing animations, Platting is a first-rote game for 
all ages. 

*- ThreeDTns. by Jason Simmons, is a remarkablB 3-D free- 
ware variant of the game Tetris, Shapes drop from the top of 
the screen: you must manipulate them in three dimensions as 
you try to fill a level completely with solid cubes, When you 
complete a level, it disappears. The software then redraws the 
entire play field one cube at a time, giving you a chance to find 
the locations af gaps you need fill. The game ends when cubes 
accumulate to the top of the grid. This is a challenging game 
that requires lots of practice to master. 

■"Virtual Art Gallery is Jason Harper's mind-boggling futur- 
istic graphics-display freeware program. It s unlike anything 
you've ever experienced before on a GS. Working with any stan- 
dard GS graphics file, Virtual Art Gallery converts images to 
gray scale and displays them as chough they were hanging on a 
wall in a multidimensional moving maze. Creating the illusion of 
flying through spece et warp speed, this fast-moving kinetic 
slide show has to be seen to be believed, It's a "must have'' 
program for ail GS graphics enthusiasts. 

Contributing editor Joe kohn has written the shareware 
Solutions column since late 1990. irs been a lot of fun, b«jt 
it's time for him to move on to bigger and better things. 
He'll be launching Shareware Solutions II; The Newsletter, a 
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LOADING VIA MODEM FROM THE INFORMATION NETWORKS AMERICA 

Online, CompuServe, and Genie.) Apple II forever! 



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of your Apple IIgs. 

• No switches or jumpers to set. 

• Fully Compatible with all standard software and hardware. 

• 32K Cache Option increases TransWarp GS speedup lo 20%. 

Retail price for the TransWarp GS teitb32K Cache $399 



5.25" Drive 

143K floppy drive. 





• 143E formatted, 35 tracks, 16 sectors. 

• Fully compatible with the He Emulation Card for the Macintosh LC. 

• Fully compatible with all Apple II models. 

• Proven reliability. 

• Super quiet, 

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• Full one-year warranty. 

Retail price for 5.25" Drive $$65 




DataLink 2400 

Internal modem for 
Apple n+, Be and IIgs. 




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Editors' Choice" 

• 300, 1200, 2400 bps Hayes compatible modem. 

• Fits in any slot except three, no serial card necessary. 

• Comes with communications software and cables. 

Retail Price for the Datdink 2400 bps modem $219 

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• Compatible with all standard Dgs hardware and software. 

• Uses new 1MBx4 Chips and accepts 3MB as valid configuration. 

• Low power design for cooler operation, 

• Compact, efficient design leaves plenty of room for slot 7 cards. 

• Fully DMA compatible. 

• Super Hi-Res diagnostic software included. 

• Includes AppleWorks 3.0 print buffer and disk save features. 

• Made in the U.S.A 

Retail Price with 2MB of memory $299 



PC Transporter 

Enables Apple II computers to Run MS-DOS, 




• Runs IBM PC, XI, or IBM clone software. 
■ Has 640K of memory. 

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• 3-5" platinum drive. 

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